Service Areas

Primary Areas

Other Areas

City of Williamsburg
James City County
York County (Williamsburg)
New Kent County

City of Newport News
York County (Yorktown/surrounding areas)
City of Hampton
City of Westpoint
Richmond (Sandston/Airport Area)

If you are looking for a Notary Signing Agent in the following areas:

Middlesex
Gloucester
King & Queen
Lancaster
Essex

Northumberland
King William
Mathews
Richmond

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identification requirements

A notary is required to exercise a HIGH DEGREE OF CARE in determining the identity of any person whose identity is the subject of a notarial act. Unless such person is known by the notary, identity shall be ascertained by examination of one or more of the following nine unexpired documents. A Virginia notary may REFUSE to notarize a document for any reason.

1) a United States Passport
2) a United States Passport Card
3) a certificate of United States citizenship
4) a certificate of naturalization
5) a foreign passport

6) an alien registration card with photograph
7) a state issued driver’s license
8) state-issued identification card
9) a United States military card

10) the oath or affirmation of one credible witness unaffected by the document or transaction who is personally known to the notary and who personally knows the individual or of two credible witnesses unaffected by the document or transaction who each personally knows the individual and shows to the notary documentary identification.

A **Notary** is is an official of integrity appointed by state government, typically by the secretary of state. They serve the public as an impartial witness in performing a variety of official fraud-deterrent acts related to the signing of important documents.

A **Notary Signing Agent** is a Notary who has special training to handle real estate and estate planning signings. Title companies and signing services hire NSAs to deliver loan documents to borrowers, oversee the signing and return the documents.

A notary has the power to perform various official acts, known as “notarial acts”. The Code of Virginia specifies five basic notarial acts:

1. Taking acknowledgments
2. Administering oaths and affirmations
3. Certifying affidavits or depositions
4. Certifying “true copies” of documents
5. Verification of fact

Virginia notaries may perform their duties outside of the Commonwealth if the document is for use in the Commonwealth. Virginia notaries are not authorized to certify true copies of birth, death, or marriage certificates. Only the Division of Vital Records/Statistics may perform such a certification. Virginia notaries are not authorized to certify true copies of court issued documents. Virginia notaries are not authorized to perform marriage ceremonies.