Fee is $5.00 per service : cash, check, money order, or credit
card accepted (fees may apply)
Pursuant to the laws of the State of Michigan, notaries
acting on behalf of the City of Plymouth are witnessing your signature on a
document. The Notary does not verify the accuracy or legality of the document
being signed.
- Notarize
documents for signers who are physically present and can be properly
identified. Do not pre-sign your documents.
- Confirm
the identity and signature of all individuals against a valid
government-issued photo identification card (i.e. driver’s license or
state ID).
- Notarize
documents written in English only.
- Notarize
complete documents, which shall not contain blanks or missing information
or pages.
- Notarize
documents with the signer’s signature and notary block on the same page
(i.e. not on the back or a separate page).
- Notarize
only ‘original’ documents bearing the signer’s original, wet-ink signature
(not a photocopy or fax of a signed document)
- Notarize
a document without witnessing a signature.
- Notarize
copies of passports, I-9 forms, closing paperwork, financial documents, life
insurance documents, trusts, wills, deeds or retirement fund allocations.
- Notarize
any vital records, including photocopies, out of state documents, birth
certificates, death certificates, marriage licenses, power of attorney,
and US Immigration and Naturalization paperwork.
- Notarize
documents that make a claim regarding or purports to affect citizenship,
immunity, allegiance to a government or jurisdiction, sovereignty, or any
related matter.
- Be
responsible for reviewing content of the paperwork presented or executing
documents (ex.: mortgage documents should be taken to a bank or mortgage
company).
- Certify
copies of documents or notarize that a record is an original or true copy
of another record. If you need a ‘certified true copy’ of a document, you
must go to the place of origin to obtain it.
- Certify
that a statement is true or certify documents attesting that you are a
citizen, are alive, etc. (i.e. Right of Life).
- Notarize
documents that are pre- or post-dated.
- Perform
a notarial act electronically.
We reserve the right to refuse to notarize any document.