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Notary Fees
By State
Maximum statutory fees per notarial act for all 50 states, plus a calculator for totalling a multi-act job and a separate travel-fee calculator for mobile work. The statutory cap and your actual price for a mobile appointment are two different things — that distinction is most of this business.
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Choose your state
Pick a state on the left to see its maximum statutory fees per notarial act, and to total up a multi-act job.
Mobile work
Travel fee calculator
Travel and convenience fees are generally not capped by the statutory schedule — they are set by you, subject to your state's disclosure requirements. This is where mobile notary income actually comes from.
Job total
Add acts from the table to total a job.
Travel & convenience
These are estimates, not promises
Every figure this tool produces is an illustrative projection based on the numbers you enter. It is not a guarantee, a forecast, or a representation of typical results. Actual income depends on your market, your pricing, your marketing and your effort. Fee caps, filing fees and bond requirements are set by each state and change without notice — always confirm current figures with your state's commissioning authority.
The most misunderstood rule in this profession
The statutory fee schedule caps what you may charge for the notarial act itself — the acknowledgment, the jurat, the oath. In most states it does not cap what you charge to drive to a hospital at 9pm, to wait while a family gathers, to print a hundred-page loan package, or to handle an apostille through three offices.
Those are separate fees, generally set by you, and usually subject to disclosure requirements — the client must know what they are paying before you begin. Check your own state's rules in the handbook for your state, because the details vary and a few states are stricter than others.
This single distinction is why one notary earns fifteen dollars an hour and another earns several times that with an identical commission.
How to set your travel fee
- Charge round trip. A fifteen-mile appointment is thirty miles of driving. Notaries who price one way are working the return leg free.
- Have a base fee. A short-distance appointment still costs you an hour once you account for travel, parking and the appointment itself.
- Price evenings and weekends higher. That is when demand is real and competition is thin. Discounting there is a mistake.
- Charge for printing. Loan packages are long, often printed twice, and toner is not free.
- Disclose it up front. Always. It avoids disputes and it is required in many states.
Pricing is a skill, not a guess
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Start where you are
Know your cap. Then price above it.
The statutory fee is the floor of your business, not the ceiling.
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