What is a Notary Public?

What does a Notary do?

How do we provide service?

OFFICIAL

A Notary Public facilitates commerce when they perform the following notarial acts. A North Carolina Notary Public is an official of integrity appointed by the secretary of state to serve the public as a witness in performing a variety of official fraud-deterrent acts related to the signing of important documents. These official acts are called notarizations, or notarial acts.

DUTY

A Notary's duty is to screen the signers of important documents for their true identity. Some notarizations also require the Notary to put the signer under an oath, declaring under penalty of perjury that the information contained in a document is true and correct. Property deeds, wills and powers of attorney are examples of documents that commonly require a Notary.

NOTARIZE

1. The principal(s) and/or subscribing witness appears before notary.
2. Principal(s) and/or subscribing witness provides notary with valid, unexpired photo identification such as drivers license, passport Military ID or State issued photo ID.
3. Principal(s) and/or subscribing witness signs document with script version of name or mark that identifies the authentication of the document.