Hi All,
I’m hoping someone will be able to provide me with some guidance. I’ve 9+ years notary experience with the State Department and I’m relocating to Arizona and starting to get everything in order to set up as a notary in Tucson, AZ.
The manual for AZ notaries states the fee is $10 for a notary signature and its very clear that there are certain additional fee’s like admin fee’s that we cannot charge for. But when researching business’s in the area it seems like a lot of Notary Business’s roll expenses into the fee for example one I’ve seen “Basic Notarial Package 75$ - includes AZ Notary fee, verification of identity, document preparation, document scanning”, and I’ve seen prices build from there obvious loan signing documents are larger.
The Notary manual does not forbid this but it doesn’t specifically state you can’t charge in “Packages” but I obviously don’t want to overcharge or go against the regulations. Does anyone have any insight to me, charging for packages makes sense as it allows us to cover overhead costs etc.