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Notary Public Services
With three Notaries on staff, providing more than 25 years of combined
experience, there's always someone on duty to serve you. A Notary Public
verifies the signature of an individual, issues an oath (if applicable), and
makes a public record of the document and entire transaction. Therefore,
it's imperative that the individual who will be signing appears before the
Notary. He or she will also need to bring a form of valid, current,
government-issued, photo ID.
What Does It Cost?
Do I Need An Appointment?
Very Important Notary Rules
Have Notary, Will Travel
What Does It Cost? We charge $10.00
per Notarized signature. For example, if two people would like each
one of their signatures Notarized on three copies of one Grant Deed, the total
cost would be $60.00. (Sorry, we do not offer discounts for notarizations
on multiple copies of the same document.)
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Do I Need An Appointment? There
is no appointment necessary. A Notary Public is available weekdays from
9:00am until 5:30pm. We do not take appointments for in-house
Notarizations; we take people on a walk-in basis only.
Please note these very important notary rules that
many people aren't aware of:
1. We perform Notarizations between the hours of 9:00am and
5:30pm sharp. If you arrive at our store at 5:31, then you will be
too late to have something notarized.
2. We must see the entire document, not just the signature page
only. You wouldn't sign a blank check, would you? Neither
would we sign an incomplete document.
3. The name on your valid ID must have the same elements of the
name on your document. John P. Smith and John Smith are two
different people for legal reasons. And this is a legal
transaction. Common sense may tell us that the photo is the same, but
the name must match also. The only exception is that the id may have
more information on it than the document, but not the other way around.
If your id says John P. Smith, you can sign J P Smith, John Smith, or P
Smith. But if you wanted to sign John Paul smith, we would not be able
to notarize it because the id doesn't prove to us that the P stands for
Paul.
4. Credit cards with photos are not valid id's.
5. You absolutely positively cannot copy certify
School Transcripts, Birth Certificates, Death Certificates, Marriage
Licenses, deeds, Naturalization certificates, or apostilles. It
doesn't matter what country they are from, you will need to contact the
appropriate agency to obtain certified copies of these documents.
6. The notary cannot act both as a Notary Public and a witness on
the same document. The Notary public is already the official witness
so signing again is meaningless and simply not done. WE DON'T PROVIDE
WITNESSES.
7. WE DON'T PROVIDE WITNESSES.
8. We do not notarize signatures on wills, period.
9. We absolutely positively do not stamp and sign on every page.
Just stamping and signing doesn't mean anything, no matter who is requesting
the document. Notaries verify signatures. We stamp and
sign in the midst of Notarial wording near your signature.
10. Notaries absolutely positively do not notarize photographs.
Notaries verify signatures.
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Have Notary, Will Travel Our
Notary Public services will travel to your
office! Simply call to arrange for an appointment at the location of you
choice -- provided it's in the SF Financial District. The minimum
charge is $75.00 which includes up to seven Notarizations. Additional
Notarizations are the regular $10.00 after that. For example, if 12
Notarizations are required, and you need a Traveling Notary, the cost would be
$120.00 total ($10.00 per signature because the $75.00 minimum has been met.)
Call 415.765.1515 and ask for Traveling Notary!
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If you or your company require frequent Notarizations, ask about setting up
an account.
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