A notary public is an official that is trained, certified, and appointed by the state in which they are licensed. They are to serve the public as an impartial witness in performing a variety of official fraud-deterrent acts related to the signing of documents, therefore called notarial acts. All notaries are commissioned as "ministerial" officials that legally binds them to follow written rules without the exercise of significant personal discretion, as would otherwise be the case with a "judicial" official.

Notaries deter fraud and establish that the signer knows what document they're signing and that they're a willing participant in the transaction through this process of "notarization".

Notaries witness each signature then place their commission stamp on a wide variety of documents including Power of Attorney, Mortgages and Real Estate documents, financial power of attorney documents, legal and other documents. A notary public can also take Acknowledgments, administer Oaths/Affirmations, and execute Jurats. Our notaries are trained and certified to handle legal and other documents while obtaining the necessary signatures to ensure the task is complete.

When the situation arises in which someone is unable to travel to a notary, we come to them to ease the stress of an already difficult situation. This level of service is referred to as a Mobile Notary.

What Is a Notary Public?