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Mobile notary in all five boroughs: Sammy drives to your home, office or hospital and notarizes your documents. Apostilles: we take New York documents through the county clerk and Department of State so they’re accepted abroad, same day when you need it.

You pick the time and place. Sammy arrives, checks each signer’s ID, confirms everyone is signing willingly, witnesses the signatures and completes the certificate with seal and journal entry.

An apostille is the certificate that makes a New York document valid in Hague Convention countries. Same-day means we pick up, file at the Department of State and return it before the end of the day, weekdays.

Daily. Affidavits and verifications at the firm, closings at title companies, client signings at hospitals.

Valid, unexpired government photo ID for every signer, the complete and unsigned document, and any witnesses it requires. The what-to-bring page has the full checklist.

Because you’d have to get there, during their hours, with everyone who needs to sign. We come at 7 a.m. or 11 p.m. to a hospital bed or a closing table.

It’s a range. The exact number is confirmed by text before we come out, based on your address, the hour and the document count. No surprises at the door.

Two signatures are included. Each additional notarized signature is the statutory $2. A closing package with a dozen acknowledgments is quoted as one visit.

Built into the travel fee. If a signer keeps us waiting more than half an hour, a wait fee may apply; you’ll hear about it before it does.

Cash, Zelle, Venmo or card at the visit. Law firms and title companies can be invoiced.

Yes. Call or text 917-687-4737 with the document and the address and you’ll get a real number back.

Same day, on weekdays, if we have the document before the cutoff. The Department of State counter is open Monday to Friday; we schedule pickups around it. Weekend pickups are filed first thing Monday.

Members of the 1961 Hague Convention, which includes most of Europe, Latin America and a growing list in Asia and Africa. Non-member countries need consulate legalization instead. Tell us the country and we'll tell you the route.

Certified vital records and court documents don't. Powers of attorney, affidavits, consent letters and translations do, and the county clerk then certifies the notary before the state will apostille. We handle both steps in one trip.

Photocopies instead of certified copies, a notarization that's missing a piece, an expired certified copy, or a document issued by another state. We check every document before we leave your door.

No. An apostille comes from the state that issued or notarized the document. If yours was issued elsewhere, we'll point you to the right office and tell you what to send.

City-issued birth and death certificates need a letter of exemplification from the Department of Health before the state will apostille them. We tell you before you order so you get the right version.

You pick the time and place. Sammy arrives, checks each signer's ID, confirms everyone is signing willingly, witnesses the signatures and completes the notarial certificate with seal and journal entry. Most visits take fifteen minutes.

Home, office, hospital, nursing home, law office, bank, coffee shop, airport lounge. Anywhere in Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queens, the Bronx or Staten Island.

New York caps the notary fee at $2 per signature. What you pay for is the trip: a travel fee that depends on borough, time of day and urgency. The estimator on the pricing page gives you a range before you book.

Yes. Nights, weekends and holidays, all year. Late-night and holiday visits carry a higher travel fee, which we quote before we leave.

The notarial certificate is in English and the signer must be able to communicate directly with the notary. If the document is in another language, we can still notarize the signature; ask us about a certified translation if the receiving party needs one.

For an acknowledgment, you can sign again or acknowledge the existing signature in front of us. For a jurat or affidavit, the oath and signature have to happen in front of the notary, so bring a clean copy.

Yes. Hospital calls get priority. Call as early as you can so we can coordinate with the family and the nursing staff, and tell us when the patient is usually most alert.

A valid government photo ID, the ability to communicate clearly with the notary, and a genuine wish to sign. We cannot notarize for someone who is unconscious, confused, heavily sedated or being pressured.

Of course. Family usually makes the call and gathers the documents. The notary still speaks with the patient directly and privately to confirm identity, understanding and willingness.

Health care proxies, durable powers of attorney, living wills, affidavits of subscribing witness for a will, HIPAA releases and deed transfers. We bring blank New York statutory forms in case a copy is missing.

All of them. Named on our borough pages: NYU Langone, NewYork-Presbyterian, Montefiore, Lincoln, Jacobi, Maimonides, Kings County, NYP Brooklyn Methodist, NYP Queens, Elmhurst, Jamaica Hospital, LIJ, Staten Island University Hospital and Richmond University Medical Center, plus every nursing home, rehab and hospice.

New York allows a signature by mark, and a signer who cannot write can direct another person to sign in their presence and the notary’s. Tell us in advance so the certificate is completed correctly and the right witnesses are in the room.

When the signer can't come in: a hospitalized client, an executive between meetings, a witness at home, a closing at the title company. Or when three affidavits are due and nobody on staff is commissioned.

Affidavits, verifications, powers of attorney, deeds and mortgages, settlement agreements, corporate resolutions, consents, waivers, estate instruments and immigration affidavits. We complete the notarial certificate the document calls for, or attach one.

Courthouses, yes. Correctional facilities when the facility permits and the paperwork is cleared in advance. Tell us early so we can confirm access.

Yes. Several firms use one number for all their signings. Text the address and the count; you get a window by text and Sammy shows up.

Confirm ID, explain the document, arrange witnesses, and ask them not to sign in advance. If the client is in a hospital, tell us when they're most alert.

Yes. Acknowledgment and jurat certificates in the New York statutory form, an embosser and inked seal, and the journal every act is recorded in. If a document’s notary block is wrong for the act, we attach the correct one.

Public documents issued or notarized in New York: vital records, court records, notarized private documents, school records with a notarized statement, and corporate filings. If it was issued somewhere else, that state issues the apostille.

No. Notarization certifies a signature; an apostille certifies the official who signed or sealed the document, including the notary, so it's recognized abroad. Many documents need both, in that order.

No. Apostilles are issued by the jurisdiction the document comes from. We can tell you which office to contact and how to send it by mail so you don't make the trip.

Then it needs authentication and consular legalization instead: county clerk, Department of State, U.S. Department of State, then the country's consulate. It takes longer, so ask us before you start.

The state charges $10 per apostille. Our fee covers pickup, the clerk and state visits, and delivery, and depends on turnaround. See the pricing page for ranges.

Only for documents from federal agencies: FBI background checks, IRS letters, federal court records. Those go through the U.S. Department of State in Washington and take longer, and we route them for you.

Yes. Real Property Law § 304 requires a proper acknowledgment before a notary for a deed or mortgage to be recorded, and county clerks reject anything with a defective acknowledgment. Unrecorded, your interest isn't protected against later buyers or creditors.

That's most of what we do. Law firms in Manhattan, title offices in Brooklyn and Queens, bank branches in every borough. We arrive early, work through the package in order and leave it recording-ready.

Yes. A real estate POA in New York must be notarized and signed before two witnesses under GOL § 5-1514, and most lenders insist on their own form. Have your attorney draft it; we'll notarize it before the closing.

Valid, unexpired government photo ID: driver's license, passport, state ID, military ID or green card. For entities, the signatory's personal ID plus the resolution or operating agreement showing authority.

Yes. Commercial leases, corporate deeds, LLC acknowledgments, assignments and construction loan packages, often with several signers and institutional lenders. For large packages, book early so we can block enough time.

Text the new time. There is no fee to move a closing with a few hours’ notice, and we hold the same document list so nothing has to be re-explained at the table.

The will itself doesn't; EPTL § 3-2.1 asks for your signature and two witnesses. The self-proving affidavit does, and we notarize it at the signing. Without it, your witnesses may have to testify in Surrogate's Court, and by then they may be gone.

Two, both adults, neither a beneficiary. They must watch you sign or hear you acknowledge the signature, and sign within 30 days of each other. You arrange them; in emergencies, ask us when you book and we'll try to help.

Yes, and we do it often. The signer must be alert, understand the document and want to sign. If we have any doubt about capacity or pressure, we stop, which protects the will.

Valid, unexpired government photo ID for the testator and both witnesses: driver's license, passport, state ID, military ID or green card. Expired ID isn't accepted under New York notary law.

Same day or next day in most of the city. For a hospital patient we treat it as an emergency and come as soon as we can, any hour. Call 917-687-4737 for the fastest booking.

No. A notary can’t give legal advice or draft the instrument. Bring the will your attorney prepared, or the one you wrote, and we make sure it is executed the way EPTL § 3-2.1 requires.

A durable power of attorney: notarized and two witnesses under GOL § 5-1514. Deeds into a trust, renunciations and estate affidavits: notarized, and banks expect a notary on trusts. A health care proxy and living will need two witnesses under PHL § 2981; we notarize them anyway because hospitals ask.

Yes. We verify IDs once, then work through the power of attorney, proxy, living will, trust and will affidavit in order, each with its own certificate. Tell us the full list when you book so we allow the time.

A defective acknowledgment on a power of attorney gets rejected by banks; a missing notarization on a trust invites challenges. Usually it can be re-executed. Bring it to us and we'll tell you what it needs.

Yes, if they understand the document and want to sign. Physical frailty is fine; lack of capacity or pressure from a relative is not, and we'll decline. For facilities, we coordinate with staff on timing.

A day or two for a standard plan; two or three for several signers and many documents. Same-day is often possible in Brooklyn and Manhattan if you call early. Emergencies, any time.

No. Under New York law the agent can’t witness the power of attorney that appoints them, and a beneficiary shouldn’t witness a will. We check who is in the room before anyone signs.

Notarization certifies a signature; a certified translation is a translation plus the translator's signed statement of accuracy. An apostille certifies the official who signed or sealed a document so it's accepted abroad. Many packets need all three.

Sometimes. Some English-speaking institutions accept the original with an apostille; government agencies handling immigration or courts often still require a translation into their official language. Confirm with the receiving office; we'll help you ask.

Often both. The apostille on the original certifies the issuing office; the apostille on the notarized translation certifies the translator's sworn statement. We ask the destination's requirements before we file.

Translation: 24 hours to a few business days depending on length and language. Apostille: same day for most New York documents. Tell us the deadline and we'll sequence it.

Yes. Articles of incorporation, good standing certificates, board resolutions, corporate powers of attorney, contracts and employment letters are among the most common. We've done packets for registries across Europe, Latin America and Asia.

Consulates accept certified translations whose translator statement is notarized and, where required, apostilled. We ask the receiving office’s rule first and prepare the packet to match it.

Verifies who is signing, confirms they have authority and are signing willingly, witnesses the signature, and completes the acknowledgment or jurat the recipient requires. It's what makes a resolution or lease enforceable and accepted by banks and registries.

Corporate resolutions, operating and partnership agreements, commercial leases, loan agreements and guarantees, incumbency certificates, affidavits and authorization letters. If a bank or landlord sent you a form with a notary block, that's the one.

Yes, and it's the point. Everyone signs in the same room, in order, with one ID check each. Tell us the head count so we allow enough time.

New York's notary fee is $2 per signature. The travel fee depends on the borough and urgency; multi-document sessions are quoted as one visit. See the pricing page for ranges.

Same-day and next-day slots are usually available; morning bookings fill first. Text the address and a document count and you get a window by text.

Yes. Any address in the five boroughs. Leave our name at the front desk so we are not held in the lobby, and have the signers’ ID ready.