Notarization for powers of attorney, deeds, affidavits, trusts, travel consent forms and other documents, at our office on Friar Street. Walk in any day of the week or book a time, in English or Spanish.
Open 7 days, walk-ins welcome.
Mon to Fri 9am to 5pm · Sat and Sun 10am to 2pm
14545 Friar St Ste 100, Van Nuys, CA 91411
A notary public confirms who is signing a document. We check your identification, watch you sign or hear you confirm your signature, and complete the notary certificate with our seal. We do not check whether the document is true, accurate or legally valid, and the certificate California requires says so in a box at the top.
Every page, with no blank spaces left. A California notary may not notarize a document that is incomplete. Whoever gave you the document can tell you what belongs in each blank.
Each person whose signature is being notarized comes in person with an acceptable photo ID. Walk in, or book a time if several people are signing.
For a jurat, you take an oath and sign in front of us. For an acknowledgment, you confirm to us that the signature is yours. Deeds and powers of attorney also need your right thumbprint in our journal.
We fill in the notary certificate, sign it, apply our seal and record the notarization in our journal. You leave with your notarized document.
Bring all of its pages. If the notary section on your document says "subscribed and sworn to", wait and sign it in front of us, because a jurat must be signed in the notary's presence. If you have already signed a document that calls for an acknowledgment, bring it anyway: you confirm your signature to us instead.
Fill in every blank before you come. A notary must refuse a document that is clearly incomplete, and we cannot tell you what to write in it.
California law lists the IDs a notary may accept, and each one must be current or issued within the last five years. A recently expired card can still work.
Every ID on this list other than a California DMV card or a U.S. passport must also show your photo, a physical description, your signature and an ID number. If the name on your document is different from the name on your ID, call us before you come.
California requires each signer to appear in person before the notary. We cannot notarize a signature for someone who is not here, even a spouse or a parent, and a video call does not count. Each signer needs their own ID.
We also have to be able to talk with each signer directly, since the Secretary of State advises notaries not to work through an interpreter. We speak English and Spanish.
If you have no acceptable ID, two credible witnesses can identify you under oath. Each must know you personally, show their own acceptable ID, and have no financial interest in the document or be named in it. They swear that you are the person named in the document and that it would be very difficult or impossible for you to get an ID. Bring them with you.
The notary wording printed on your document decides which one you need. If your document has no notary wording, you choose. We cannot choose for you, because under California law selecting the kind of legal document is the practice of law, which notaries may not do.
You confirm to us that you signed the document, either before you came in or in front of us. We certify who you are and that you appeared before us.
Documents recorded with the county, such as grant deeds, must be acknowledged before the recorder will accept them.
You swear or affirm that the contents of the document are true, then sign it in front of us. We certify that you took the oath and signed in our presence.
Affidavits and sworn declarations use a jurat. If you signed one before you arrived, you will sign it again in front of us.
We notarize the signature, not the contents, so your document can come from an attorney, a bank, a school, a government agency or a family member, in English or Spanish.
California accepts a power of attorney that is either notarized or signed by two qualified witnesses. The bank, agency or person who will rely on yours can tell you which they require. When we notarize a power of attorney, each person granting it signs our journal and leaves a right thumbprint there, as state law requires.
A California notary can also certify a copy of a power of attorney, and the certified copy has the same force as the original. Bring the original and call us if you need one. If the power of attorney will be used in Mexico or another country, the receiving party may also ask for an apostille, which the California Secretary of State issues on documents signed before a California notary.
A grant deed, quitclaim deed or deed of trust has to be acknowledged before the county recorder will record it, and each signer leaves a right thumbprint in our journal. For a purchase, refinance or home equity loan package, see our loan signing agent service.
When a parent cannot attend a child's passport application, the State Department's Form DS-3053 records that parent's consent. It must be signed in front of a notary, so do not sign it beforehand. The consent is valid for 90 days from the date it is notarized, and the form asks you to attach a photocopy of the front and back of the ID you show. We also take passport photos.
For a consent letter for a child traveling abroad with one parent or with another adult, ask the airline or the destination country's consulate what the letter must say. We notarize the signatures on it.
A California notary can notarize a signature on a document written in another language, because we certify the signature and not the contents. The notary certificate itself is in English. If you need the document translated, see our translation services.
California law sets the most a notary may charge for each notarial act, in Government Code section 8211. A notary may charge less, never more. Acknowledgments are charged for each signature notarized, so your total depends on how many people are signing and how many signatures each document needs.
Notarizing a U.S. military veteran's application or claim for veterans' benefits is free by law. Call us with your document in hand and we will tell you your total before you come in.
When a signer cannot come to the office, we bring the notary to them: at home, in a hospital, a nursing home or a correctional facility, within roughly 40 miles of Van Nuys and sometimes further. Same-day and emergency visits are welcome.
No. Walk in any day we are open: Monday to Friday 9am to 5pm, Saturday and Sunday 10am to 2pm. You can also book a time online if you would rather have one reserved.
Yes. We are open Saturday and Sunday from 10am to 2pm, and walk-ins are welcome on both days.
A California driver's license or DMV ID card, or a U.S. passport or passport card, is the simplest. California also accepts a driver's license from another state, Canada or Mexico, an ID card from another state, a passport or consular ID card from your country of citizenship, a U.S. military ID, a tribal ID and some California government employee IDs. The ID must be current or issued within the last five years. The full list.
Yes, if it was issued within the last five years. California accepts an ID that is either current or issued within five years, so a license that expired recently may still work. An expired ID issued more than five years ago cannot be used.
Two credible witnesses can identify you under oath. Each must know you personally, show their own acceptable ID, and have no financial interest in the document or be named in it. Bring them with you.
Wait if you can. A document with a jurat, which says "subscribed and sworn to", must be signed in front of the notary, and so must a passport consent form (DS-3053). A document with an acknowledgment can be signed beforehand, because you confirm your signature to us. If you have already signed, bring it and we will check the notary wording.
With an acknowledgment, you confirm to the notary that you signed the document, and the notary certifies your identity. With a jurat, you swear or affirm that the document is true and sign it in front of the notary. The wording printed on your document decides which one it needs. If there is none, you choose; we are not allowed to choose for you.
No. Notaries in California cannot give legal advice, choose a document for you or tell you what to write in it, and Print It is not a law firm. Ask an attorney, or the agency, bank or person who asked for the document. Once it is complete, we notarize your signature.
Yes. Each person granting the power of attorney signs our journal and leaves a right thumbprint there, as California law requires. A California notary can also certify a copy of a power of attorney, which has the same force as the original, so bring the original if you need one.
No. In California, certified copies of birth, death and marriage records come only from the state registrar, a local registrar or the county recorder. A notary can certify copies of powers of attorney only.
Yes. A California notary can notarize a signature on a document in another language, because the notary certifies the signature and not the contents. The notary certificate attached to it is in English. If you need the document translated, we also offer translation.
Not by a California notary yet. California law requires every signer to appear in person before the notary, and a video call does not count. The state's online notarization law takes effect when the Secretary of State finishes the system it needs, which the law expects by January 1, 2030.
California law sets the most a notary may charge for each signature or oath, and a notary may charge less but never more. Your total depends on how many signatures are notarized, so call us with your document and we will tell you before you come in. Notarizing a veteran's application or claim for veterans' benefits is free by law.
Yes. We are bilingual, so you can talk with us directly in English or Spanish from start to finish. Esta página en español.
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