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A notary public is unbiased and impartial. As a public official appointed by a state government, a notary public helps deter fraud. Notary publics witness the signing of important documents and verify the identity of the signer(s), their willingness to sign the documents, and their awareness of the contents of the document or transaction.
Acknowledgment: A formal declaration before an authorized official, such as a notary public, by someone who signs a document and confirms that the signature is authentic. Also, the certificate of the officer on such instrument indicating that the document has been so acknowledged.
Affidavit: A voluntary declaration of facts, written down and sworn to or affirmed by the declarant (“affiant”) before a Notary Public or other officer having the authority to administer an oath.
Affirmation: The act of affirming the truth of a document, not an oath. "I solemnly affirm and declare the foregoing to be a true statement...” Note that an affidavit may appear in two forms: a sworn affidavit with oath, or an affirmed affidavit with affirmation. Each has the same legal import.
Jurat: A certification added to an affidavit or document stating when, where and before whom such affidavit was made.
Oath: A solemn declaration, accompanied by a swearing to God or a revered person or thing, that one’s statement is true or that one will be bound to a promise. The person making the oath implicitly invites punishment if the statement is untrue or the promise is broken.
Protest: A Notary Public’s written statement that, upon presentment for payment or acceptance, a negotiable instrument was neither paid nor accepted.
Verification: A formal declaration by which one swears to or affirms the truth of the statements in a document. Also, the statement of a Notary Public that the person appearing before the notary has been properly identified as being the person purported to be appearing.
-Texas Secretay of State/Notary Public Educational Information
Examples of Documents that CAN be Notarized:
The Texas notary public can only certify copies of documents that are not recordable in public records.
Examples of documents that cannot be Notarized are:
These are recordable documents. A certified copy can only be issued by the governmental agency.
However, a notary public has the authority to certify copies of original documents that are not recordable in the public records.
Notarizing photographs is not an authorized notarial act.
However, we can notarize a statement about a photograph with the photograph as an attachment.
The name on the document does not match the name on the ID.
Documents must be complete and have no blank spaces.
However, if there are blanks that are to be left blank, The Signer will be asked to insert “to be added later,” or “N/A”.
A photocopied signature may never be notarized.
We cannot backdate or forward date a notarization. The document can bear the date it is created or becomes effective, but the document is notarized with the date of the day of the notarization.
Notarial Fees
Tex. Gov't. Code Ann. § 406.024 sets out the maximum fees a Notary Public, or their employer, may charge for notary public services.
*Additional signature $1.00
Regular Travel Fees: $45
Expedited Travel Fee: $60
After-Hour Travel Fee: $75
After-Hour Expedited Travel Fee: $95
Waiting Time Fee: $15
Witness Travel Fee:
Location Fee
Hospitals, Nursing Homes, Airport: $80
Escrow and Real Estate Closings: Starting at $75
Escrow/real estate fees are not statutory and depend on document size, number of notarizations and signers, mileage, and timing. The below fees are subject to change per your specific circumstances.
Email: notary@xnspros.com for a personalized quote.
The State of Texas requires notaries to verify the identification of every signer. Only valid, non-expired identification, with a photograph is acceptable.
A notary must be able to validate the identity of the signer. If you do not have a valid government-issued identification, a credible witness may be used to confirm a signer's identity.
The signer’s identity may be verified by the oath of a credible witness.
The witness must:
Identity proofing is the means by which the principal (signer of a document) affirms their identity. This is done through a third party who uses dynamic knowledge based authentication (KBA). KBA is a process in which the principal is asked a series of questions about the principal’s identity and personal history. In order to pass, the principal must answer at least 80% of the questions correctly. If the principal fails their first attempt, they may retake the quiz once within 24 hours. If the principal fails a second attempt they are prohibited from retrying with the same notary for at least 24 hours.
-Texas Secretay of State-Identity Proofing and Credential Analysis
Credential analysis is the process by which a principal’s government-issued identification card is validated. The process requires a third party to use technology to confirm the security features on an ID and confirm the ID is not fraudulent. The third party also uses information available from the issuing source or other authoritative source to confirm the details on the credential.
As part of the process, the third party is required to provide an output of the authenticity test to the notary and enable the notary to visually compare the credential used during credential analysis with the principal who has personally appeared before the notary via audio-visual transmission.
-Texas Scretary of State-Identity Proofing and Credential Analysis
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At Xpress Notarial Solutions, we guarantee the quality of our notarization work. In the unlikely event of any notary error, such as missing stamps or signatures, or omitted notarial verbiage, we will rectify the document at no additional cost.
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