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Maine Notary Fees, Application, and Commission Information
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Maine Notary Fees
There is no schedule of fees that a Notary Public must charge.
The only statutory reference to fees is found in 4 M.R.S.A. Section
958 which specifies a charge of $1.50 in the course of a lawsuit to
provide for the notification of parties, making of certificate and
recording the proceedings. For other services, the Notary Public
may determine the fees to be charged. Given the fact the citizens
of the State of Maine are placing trust in Notaries Public when
seeking their services, it would be most inappropriate to
charge fees which are unreasonable or unfair.
Become a Maine notary public
A New Hampshire or Maine resident may file a Maine notary application.
Notaries must be sworn into office by a Dedimus Justice. The Maine
Notary Handbook is downloadable from the Maine.gov notaries page. A
Maine notary may change their notary commission information without
charge online at any time. A Maine notary seal is necessary to be a
Maine notary, but the seal must either be destroyed by the notary or
Secretary of State upon termination of the notary commission. A notary
may present Demand and notice on bills and notes, protests of losses.
A notary with an interest in a corporation may notarize employees, stock
holders, or directors of that corporation. However, a Maine notary may
not notarize for family members such as a spouse, parent, sibling, child,
or parents, siblings, or children of their spouse. It is recommended
that the notary keep a record book of all notary acts and safeguard and
maintain exclusive custody of that book. The Secretary of State may
suspend, revoke or refuse to renew the commission of a notary public if
the notary violated any Maine notary laws.
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