Individuals buying a home, adopting a child, completing estate planning documents such as wills and advanced health care directives, or completing any number of legal procedures may find themselves in ...

A notary (or notary public) is an official appointed by a state government who has the ability to draw up or certify a particular action or deed. This could include contracts, documents useful in ...

LANCASTER - It will soon be more expensive to become a notary public - a lot more expensive. The current fee is $15. But after Sept. 20 the cost could be as much as $150 for new commissions and $60 ...

Comedian Jerry Seinfeld has a bit about the arcane tradition of notarizing documents and how the practicality of the notary and their metal squeeze stamper may belong to another era, even advocating ...

The movement to allow consumers to use electronic notaries is gaining momentum. Iowa recently passed legislation that will allow notaries to sign documents electronically, and more than a dozen other ...

Vilisia Coleman is a felon, but that didn't stop the second suspect arrested in a growing Clark County court scandal from becoming a state-approved notary public and unlicensed process server. State ...