Originally Posted By chickendumpling <<What the heck is the deal with Chickie D? That chick is whacked.>> LOL! Okay no one actually posted that but clearly I was overly tired when I posted about notary public fee schedules. That's the last time I try to post a *thinking* post past midnight. In my defense it was late, I was tired, jet-lag, blah, blah, blah. To set the record straight it's like $5 max here. I must have been thinking of recording fees or something. I am so sorry Mr X.
Originally Posted By Mr X That's fine...you mentioned a foreign country consulate there, so I assumed you just thought the price might be higher because of that. For the record, this is a foreign passport, but will be given to an American office, so a regular Notary Public certification should be fine, I think. Thanks for all the advice. If anyone knows a specific place I should go in Boston, that'd be great. Thanks.
Originally Posted By crazyformickey I work for Chase and we do not charge our customers for Notary or Medallion Signature Guarantee. A certified copy has the raised stamp on it. Customers come in often and ask if we can notarize a document for them.
Originally Posted By Tinkerbell819 I hope I'm not too late to give you a website...I am a Notary in PA and I advertise on a website called Notaryrotary.com. You can go to the site, click on the tab at the top that says "Find a Notary" and the page that comes up will have a place for you to key in a zip code. You can choose how many miles you want the site to search for you and about 200 notaries names should pop up! (Trust me, we're all over the place!) Then, you can click on the different names and get their phone numbers, email addresses, etc...
Originally Posted By Ursula Hi, I'm a former Notary! (I bet no one here knew that!) The way notaries can make money is that we could only charge $10 per signature, but then we could charge a travelling fee to personally see someone in their office. This is where the $60 comes in. It seems like what you are looking for is a notarized copy, whereas the Notary should have a form that has the proper notarial wording on it for the type of signature verification that is needed for your document. From what I recall, the notary should also have you swear to them that it is a bone fide copy of the document in question.
Originally Posted By FaMulan I'm currently commissioned as a Notary Public for the State of CA. I don't know the Massachusettes law, but here in CA, I'd reccommend performing a Jurat. If you go to a Mail Boxes, etc., or other store like that it should cost you $10.00. They will verify that the signature on the page is your signature and swear you to an oath or affirmation that the information in the document is indeed true. If you want it verified that it is a copy of a passport page, then the Notary would need to certify it. When you get to Boston, look up a Notary Public and find out what the procedure is there. Here's a link to MA Notary information: <a href="http://www.mass.gov/legal/faq_of_notary_publics.htm" target="_blank">http://www.mass.gov/legal/faq_ of_notary_publics.htm</a>
Originally Posted By Mr X Cool...great info, I've learned more than I ever needed to know about Notarys lol. I shall follow this advice, thanks.
