About this site and how we research
OnlineNotaryGuide is an independent guide to getting documents notarized online in the United States. We're not a notary service, a law firm or a platform, and nothing here is legal advice.
Our rules
- Primary sources first. Provider facts (price, hours, ID rules, document limits) come from each company's own pricing page or help center. State facts come from the statute itself or the state's commissioning office where we could read it, and otherwise from the National Notary Association and Proof's state law pages, cited by name.
- Every fact is dated. Each provider row and state entry shows the date we last opened its source.
- "Unknown" beats a guess. If a company doesn't publish a figure (for example a witness fee or document restrictions), we say "unknown" rather than estimate.
- We flag conflicts. When sources disagree (for example NNA and Proof on the District of Columbia and Massachusetts), we mark the state "unsure" and explain the conflict instead of picking a side.
- We show what we verified ourselves. Our state table says which statutes we read directly (currently California, Texas and Florida) and which citations come from a secondary source.
- Arithmetic is shown. Cost examples (two signers, three seals, two witnesses) are calculated only from published per-item fees, and we say so.
What we check, and how often
- Provider pricing and policy pages: re-checked whenever we publish a page that relies on them, and whenever a reader reports a change.
- State law status: re-checked against NNA's state platform list (dated by NNA) and the state's statute.
Corrections
Found something out of date? Tell us which page and fact and link the source. We'll re-check it and update the date. (Contact address to be added before launch.)
How we make money
Nothing yet. In the future some provider links may become affiliate links. That will never change a price, a ranking or a fact on this site. See the affiliate disclosure.