[skiboo]

Public Service Announcement...

I have just become a certified Notary Public as a requirement of my job. I am now able to notarize documents in the state of NJ as are all my colleagues! It is something that we are having all our librarians do as a public service!

I just want others to be aware that this might be a place to get your documents notarized for free or for a reduced fee. Best of all, most public libraries are open evenings and weekends which alleviates the need to take time off to get things notarized.

I checked around the web and noticed that this is a trend. We had a discussion about this on a librarian's forum too... Many other public libraries in a variety of states have this service as well. Some charge a dollar for each notarization as a fundraiser to buy more books and others are free. I have not seen any public library charging more than a dollar.

Hope this helps... I know of at least 3 or 4 libraries in NJ doing this and the list grows daily.

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Another great source for a notary is your local bank. Most banks, if you have an account there, will do it for free. That is what we did in filing our petition to adopt.

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[votemom]

cool! thanks for sharing. library hours are much better than banking hours.

the best notary is a FRIEND notary. i have several. we've never paid for any notary-ing.

i have contemplated becoming one just so i could help adoptive parents.

[Vicki H]

Thanks for sharing this Janie. Our local library has recently started passport applications.

I would encourage everyone to start checking their local libraries for such services.

Thanks again Janie,
Vicki

[mommyto4]

Thanks guys for the info., we are probably soon going to have to redo expired documents and this could save us $ woo hoo!