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Nine questions, about a minute. You get a readiness score, a list of what is confirmed, and the specific gaps to close before anyone books an appointment.
Most failed signings fail for one of four reasons: a signer who is not there, an ID that is expired, a document that was already signed, or witnesses nobody arranged. None of those are notary problems. All four are visible half an hour beforehand, if somebody checks.
This is that check. Nothing is submitted, nothing is emailed, and you get the result on this page without giving me your name. If the result is useful, there is a button at the end that turns your answers into a request I can act on.
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This check organizes logistics. It does not decide whether your document is valid, which notarial act it needs, or whether the law requires witnesses.
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Your answers above come with the request, so I already know the page count, the witness situation and the deadline before I reply.
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Four things carry almost all of the risk: every signer physically present, current government-issued photo ID for each of them, documents prepared but unsigned, and any witnesses the document provider asked for already arranged. If those four are true, most signings go ahead without incident. Printing, scan-backs and return shipping affect how long the appointment takes and what I bring, not whether it can happen.
Yes, and often you should, because the calendar is the scarce resource. Book the time, then close the gaps. What you want to avoid is arriving at the appointment with a gap still open, because a signing that fails at the table has to be rescheduled in full and the travel fee has already been earned.
No, and it deliberately will not. Choosing between an acknowledgment, a jurat and a signature witnessing is a decision for whoever prepared the document, because it depends on what the document is for. I am a notary public, not an attorney, so I cannot make that choice for you or advise on it. What I can do is perform the act the certificate calls for, correctly.
Not unless you press the button that sends it. The check runs entirely in your browser and the result appears without any contact details. If you decide to turn the result into a request, the answers travel with it so you do not have to retype them.
The notarial act itself is $5.00, the maximum set by the Commonwealth under 4 Pa. Code § 167.3, plus $2.00 for each additional name in the same certificate. Because I come to you, a travel and convenience fee starting at $45 is added and quoted before I set out. The full schedule is on the fees page.
I cover Chester County, Pennsylvania along with the nearby Delaware County corridor and the Lancaster County line, travelling to homes, offices, hospitals and care communities. The statutory notarial fee is $5.00 per act, the maximum set by 4 Pa. Code § 167.3, with a travel and convenience fee from $45 quoted before I set out. See the full fee schedule orbrowse the towns I serve.
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