Bank of America and Wells Fargo does not notarize

[SkilledPro]

Friends,

I wento to Bank of America and Wells Fargo.  Both banks do not notarize documents unless it's for banking purposes.  So i guess i will end up paying $$$$$$!

anyone from Los Angeles who knows a notary for less than $10?

thanks

[mariagw]

Sorry my husband's from Atlanta and he tells me it's $15 per copy. Already he's spent at least $1000 for having documents translated, requesting transcripts, getting stuff sent in from overseas etc. 

[jaime]

Try the UPS Store. Here in Maryland they only charge $2.00 per page.

[Maaties]

I have notarized in MD/DC for free at a bank.

[kyu010170]

Notaries public have a lot of latitude in determining the fees they set.  Some banks require an employee or two in their branch to get a notarial license (and the banks themselves pay for employees renewal of latter's notarial commissions) because they want to be able to give notarial services free to bank customers.

Whereas, some employee/s of banks happen to be notaries public and the bank has nothing to do with this and so these employees set their own fees.  This is the reason why some of us get free notarization and some need to pay to get these done.

[Maaties]

Notaries public have a lot of latitude in determining the fees they set.  Some banks require an employee or two in their branch to get a notarial license (and the banks themselves pay for employees renewal of latter's notarial commissions) because they want to be able to give notarial services free to bank customers.

Whereas, some employee/s of banks happen to be notaries public and the bank has nothing to do with this and so these employees set their own fees.  This is the reason why some of us get free notarization and some need to pay to get these done.

That makes sense why some places charge while others don't. I also heard that rules are changing in some states (i think i read that on this forum a while back).

[kyu010170]

Yup

What I suggest applicants do is to give their branch a call and ask for fees, etc. and what ID's to bring, etc. prior to coming over.  When you know that they will charge you a lot then call another branch. Some people really make a living out of it. 

Hey Rupeshhari, where in MD/DC are you? I lived in Silver Spring for 5 years. I miss that area.