Notarize Legal Washington Collections Forms For Free

All signers must sign the documents to be notarized in the notary public's presence. This is called "personal appearance." You can't notarize the signature of someone who only contacts you online, by mail, or by phone.

*Notary Fees: $10.00 for the first notary, each additional notary is $8.00 (20% discount). Each signature being notarized is counted as one; therefore, if two people are signing one document the cost would be $18.00.

An Apostille certifies: the authenticity of the signature of the public official who signed the document, the capacity in which that public official acted, and. when appropriate, the identity of the seal or stamp which the document bears, e.g. a notary public seal.

A Washington notary acknowledgment form is used to officially authenticate a signature on a legal document. It also declares that the signing individual is the person whose name appears within the instrument and that they have signed for the purpose(s) mentioned therein.

State of Washington County of ___________ Signed or attested before me on _________ (date) by ____________. For attestation of a copy of a document: State of Washington County of ___________ Page 3 I certify that this is a true and correct copy of a document in the possession of ___________ as of this date.

Remote notarization authorized in Washington State On March 16, 2021, permanent rules authorizing remote notarization went into effect in the state of Washington. The remote notarization legislation passed in the 2019 legislative session. This follows a national trend of states authorizing this practice.