NOTARY PRICING GUIDE
How much can a notary charge?
The 2026 US fee caps per notarial act, what mobile notaries charge to travel, what loan signing agents are paid per appointment and what online notarization costs — and a free calculator that turns them into a price you can put on your website.
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The short answer
In the US, the most a notary can charge per notarial act is set by each state — from $2 in New York and Georgia to $15 in California, Colorado and Washington, with most states between $5 and $10 (National Notary Association, September 2026). Rhode Island's $25 is the highest cap; a few states, Alaska, Arkansas, Kansas and Maine among them, set no maximum.
The fee a notary sets is the travel fee: mobile notaries charge about $40 to $75 for a local daytime appointment and $75 to $125 or more after hours, on top of the per-act fee (Signeasy, January 2026). BlueNotary puts a typical travel fee at $25 to $75 and up, by distance (July 2026).
Loan signing agents are paid per appointment, not per act: about $100 to $175 for a refinance, $150 to $250 for a purchase closing and $250 to $300 or more for a complex, multi-party closing (Signeasy); Notaries.com puts the range at $75 to $200 per signing. Remote online notarization runs $15 to $40 per notarization (Signeasy), under state caps that are commonly $25.
Charge the state's cap for the act, a separate travel fee you agree before you set out, and a flat fee per signing appointment — and put the travel fee and your signing fee on your website, because the act fee is the same at every notary in your state.
FREE PRICE CALCULATOR
What should I charge for this appointment?
Pick the kind of work. For in-person acts, enter how many signatures or acts and tick the travel fee that applies. The range uses the published 2026 US caps and rates in the table below.
Suggested price
$4–$30
notarial acts at your state's cap (in person), 2 acts
A starting range from published US caps and market rates — not a quote for a signer, and never above your own state's cap for the act itself. Travel and signing fees are yours to set; agree them before the appointment.
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RATES · OCTOBER 2026
Notary fees and signing rates (2026)
The act fee is the law's number; the rest is the market's. The National Notary Association's table lists every state's cap — $10 states include Texas, Florida, Arizona, Michigan and North Carolina; $5 states include Ohio, Illinois, Pennsylvania and Minnesota (September 2026).
| The job | Typical US price · source |
|---|---|
| Notarial acts at your state's cap (in person) | $2–$15 per act · about $4–$30 for 2 acts · National Notary Association |
| Loan signing appointment (flat fee) | Refinance: $100–$175 · Purchase closing: $150–$250 · Complex or multi-party closing: $250–$300+ · Signeasy |
| Remote online notarization (per act) | $15–$40 per act · about $15–$40 for 1 act · Signeasy |
Rates read off each publisher's page in October 2026. The calculator above uses exactly these numbers. Full source list below.
ADD-ONS AND ADJUSTMENTS
What to charge for travel and timing
The act fee is capped; the trip and the hour are where a mobile notary's price lives.
| What | Typical US price · source |
|---|---|
| When: evening, weekend or short notice | 20%–50% more · Signeasy |
| Mobile travel fee, local and daytime | +$40–$75 · Signeasy |
| Mobile travel fee, after hours | +$75–$125+ · Signeasy |
Where a row shows a sum (a rate × a quantity, or a percentage worked out from published dollar ranges), the arithmetic is ours and the inputs are the publisher's.
THE PRICING FORMULA
How to price notary work
Six steps from your state's cap to the number on your price list.
Start from your state's cap
In the US, look up your state's maximum per act in the National Notary Association's table and charge it — $2 to $15 in most states. You can't go above it, and most notaries don't go below.
Price the trip separately
A travel fee of $25–$75 and up by distance (BlueNotary); Signeasy puts a local daytime visit at $40–$75. Agree it before you leave and show it as its own line.
Charge for the hour, not just the act
Evenings, weekends and same-day calls run $75–$125 or more (Signeasy) — 20% to 50% above a daytime appointment.
Price signings as an appointment
A loan signing is an hour or more plus printing and the drive: $100–$175 for a refinance, $150–$250 for a purchase, $250–$300+ when it's complex (Signeasy).
Add online notarization
Remote online notarization earns $15–$40 per act (Signeasy) with no driving — where your state allows it and under its cap, commonly $25.
Check your state's travel-fee rules
In the US, some states regulate travel fees too, and most expect the signer to agree the fee in advance. Notaries.com keeps a list of the states that do.
The formula, worked through
Say a signer in a $10 state needs three documents notarized at their home, in the daytime, 15 minutes away.
Three acts at the $10 cap is $30 (National Notary Association). A local daytime travel fee of $40–$75 (Signeasy) takes the appointment to $70–$105. Pick the end of the range that matches the distance.
So “mobile notary visits from $40 plus $10 per signature” is a fair line for your price list in that state. The arithmetic is ours; the cap and the travel range are the publishers'.
For a refinance signing the same evening, the appointment fee is $100–$175 (Signeasy), and an evening premium takes it 20% to 50% higher.
What to charge in your state
In the US, the act fee is your state's call, not the market's: $2 per act in New York and Georgia, $5 in Ohio, Illinois, Pennsylvania and Minnesota, $10 in Texas, Florida, Arizona, Michigan and North Carolina, $15 in California, Colorado and Washington, $25 in Rhode Island (National Notary Association, September 2026). Alaska, Arkansas, Kansas and Maine set no maximum. Some states set a separate, higher cap for remote online notarization — commonly $25 (Notaries.com).
Travel and signing fees follow local costs. Across all prices, the Bureau of Economic Analysis puts California at 110.7 against a US average of 100 and Arkansas at 86.9 (2024 regional price parities, released February 2026) — so a $60 travel fee in an average market is about $65 in California and about $50 in Arkansas.
Outside the US, a notary is often a different, lawyer-level profession with its own fee rules — this page is for US notaries public. Wherever you are, check your state's notary handbook before you print a price.
Put your prices on your website
A price list — even “from” prices — answers a customer's first question before they pick up the phone, and it's the line an AI assistant can quote when someone asks what a notarization costs near them.
If you build your site with Zarla, tell the editor “add a pricing section: mobile notary visits from $40 plus the state fee per signature, loan signings from $100” and your prices go on the site, in a section you can edit any time. Want to see a finished site first? Browse notary website templates or see how Zarla builds notary websites.
Still setting up? Write your notary business plan, and when the prices are set, read how to get your business on Google.
Notary fees: common questions
In the US, whatever your state's law allows per notarial act: from $2 in New York and Georgia to $15 in California, Colorado and Washington, with most states at $5 or $10 and Rhode Island at $25 (National Notary Association, September 2026). Alaska, Arkansas, Kansas and Maine set no maximum. The calculator above uses the full $2–$15 span; replace it with your own state's figure.
In most US states, yes — on top of the per-act fee, agreed with the signer before the appointment and shown as its own line. BlueNotary puts a typical travel fee at $25–$75 and up by distance (July 2026). Some states regulate travel fees; Notaries.com lists which ones.
About $40–$75 for a local daytime appointment and $75–$125 or more after hours (Signeasy, January 2026), plus the state's per-act fee for each signature.
About $100–$175 for a refinance, $150–$250 for a purchase closing and $250–$300 or more for a complex or multi-party closing (Signeasy, January 2026). Notaries.com puts the range at $75–$200 per signing appointment.
Market rates run $15–$40 per notarization (Signeasy). In the US, many states set a separate cap for online acts, commonly $25 (Notaries.com) — and some states don't allow remote notarization yet, so check yours first.
Not for the act itself — in the US the per-act fee is a legal maximum. What you can charge for is everything around it — travel, waiting time, printing, after-hours and the signing appointment — as separate, agreed fees. Check your state's notary handbook for what it allows.
Signeasy puts after-hours mobile work at $75–$125 or more, and a general after-hours premium at 20% to 50% above standard pricing (January 2026). In the US the per-act fee stays at your state's cap — check your state's handbook for anything else it limits.
Yes — your travel fee, your signing fee and your hours. The act fee is the same at every notary in your state, so the trip and the appointment are what a customer compares. On a Zarla site, tell the editor “add a pricing section” with your fees, and change them any time.
Where these numbers come from
Every range on this page is read off a published source, dated below. They're US figures for residential work — typical, not a rule; your costs and your market come first.
- National Notary Association — Notary Fees by State — dated September 2026, read October 2026
- Signeasy — Notary Fees in the U.S.: A Clear Cost Guide for 2026 — dated January 2026, read October 2026
- Notaries.com — The Average Fees for Notaries by State in 2026 — dated July 2025, read October 2026
- BlueNotary — How Much Can a Notary Legally Charge? Maximum Notary Fees by State — dated July 2026, read October 2026
- U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis — regional price parities by state, 2024 — dated February 2026, read September 2026
Put your notary fees on your website
Add your town and your business name, and Zarla builds the site from that one line. Your fees go in a pricing section you edit by chat.
Already have a website? Bring it across →Zarla keeps your old page addresses where it can and redirects the ones that change, helping you keep the Google standing you've built.