Hi Katrina, we have 3 notaries on staff. At one point we had 2 other staffers (who left) that also became notaries. We charge the same price as our City Hall. It is $5 a resident and $10 a non-resident. Last fiscal year we had 63 patrons use the service and we witnessed 153 documents. We don't charge per document rather per session. Since we also cover a Township for library service we charge those residents the same price as a resident of the city simply because they are our patron. We find lots of people use it because City Hall closes at 4 pm and we are open most days until 8 pm. 

We do find common issues are people pre-signing the forms or showing up when staff isn't here that can notarize. However, since City Hall is next door and the price is the same we send them over there. Hope that helps. Also, we do keep a log of the name; document type, date, and staffer that did the notarizing. As well as keep a copy of their ID in case they ever say it wasn't them who came in for legal reasons. This was advised to me by City Hall when they trained me on notarizing. I would suggest keeping a record for 1 year of how many used the service so you know if it is worth paying for more staff to become notaries. For us the stats showed we needed more. 

Feel free to ask anything else and hope you have a great weekend!

From: "Katrina Rogers via Michlib-l" <michlib-l@liblists.org>
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Sent: Thursday, May 14, 2026 11:34:24 AM
Subject: [Michlib-l] Notaries in libraries

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