We charge $5 per notarization for non-cardholders/residents, with 4 per day limit. For cardholders, we will do up to 4 notarizations per day for free.   The city covers the initial cost and renewal fees as well as the bond and EO insurance.   I highly recommend checking out the National Notary Association website.  They have some helpful books on notary laws in different states.    We started out with 4 notaries, one at each branch who volunteered to go through the process.  Over the years, most have decided not to renew.  I am up next year and am leaning towards not renewing.  The reasoning is that even if the library pays for all of your supplies (seal stamp, journal, manuals, insurance, bond, etc.), YOU as the notary are solely responsible and can be personally sued by anyone the notarization affects.  People are more easily upset and argumentative over the last few years and it's just not worth the risk anymore in my opinion.  Putting my home/bank account at risk is not an acceptable risk to provide a service.   Our City Clerk office also does them for free, so people can go to city hall and I believe most banks still do for free for clients.  People don't understand we can't just notarize a random note they wrote on a piece of paper without a notarization certificate or that their signature needs to match the one on their ID, and there are many items that MI law does not allow us to notarize.  It's crazy.  Don't forget, if a person leaves/quits the library, the notary stuff stays with them no matter who paid for it as they are the notary and are required to keep seal/stamp/journal locked up when not in use and stored for at least 5 years and turned in to the local county clerk office should anything happen to you.