Sign & Seal Notary

Core Notarial Services

1. Acknowledgments

   • Verify the identity of a signer.

   • Confirm the signer willingly signed the document.

   • Common for deeds, contracts, powers of attorney, and real estate documents.

2. Jurats (Verification Upon Oath or Affirmation)

   • Require the signer to swear or affirm that the contents of a document are true.

   • Common for affidavits and sworn statements.

3. Administering Oaths and Affirmations

   • Swearing in individuals for affidavits, depositions, or official positions.

4. Witnessing Signatures

   • Verify identity and witness the signing of documents when permitted by law.

5. Certified Copies of Certain Documents

   • Certify copies of documents that are not recordable in public records.

   • Examples may include diplomas, transcripts, or personal records.

   • Notaries generally cannot certify copies of public records such as birth certificates or court records.

6. Depositions

   • Take depositions and administer oaths related to depositions as authorized by law.

7. Protests of Negotiable Instruments

   • Formal protest of certain unpaid financial instruments such as bills of exchange (rarely requested today).

Additional Services for Texas Online Notaries

If you become an online notary (RON), you may also perform the above notarizations remotely using approved audio-video technology and electronic signatures, subject to Texas online notarization laws.

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Services Often Offered by Notary Businesses (Not Notarial Acts)

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• Loan signing services

• Remote Online Notarization (RON)

• I-9 Employment Verification (authorized representative)

• Fingerprinting referrals

• Apostille assistance

• Document printing and scanning

• Courier and delivery services

• Permit-running services

• Wedding officiant services (where permitted)

• Field inspections

• Process serving (if licensed where required)