Hensel Consulting Services Public Notary for  State of Texas

Although notary fees are optional, Texas law sets the maximum fees that notaries may charge for their services. Notaries are also required to post their fees for the public, and you should give a written itemized invoice for your notarial services.

The maximum allowable fees a Texas notary or their employer may charge for notarial acts are as follows:

• For protesting a bill or note for nonacceptance or nonpayment, register and seal: $4

• For each notice of protest: $1

• For protesting in all other cases: $4

• For certificate and seal to a protest: $4

• For taking the acknowledgment or proof of a deed or other instrument in writing, for registration, including certificate and seal;
    For the first signature: $10
    For each additional signature: $1

• For administering an oath or affirmation with certificate and seal: $10

• For a certificate under seal not otherwise provided for: $10

• For a copy of a record or paper in the notary public’s office (for each page): $1

• For taking the deposition of a witness (for each 100 words): $1

• For swearing a witness to a deposition, certificate, seal, and other business connected with taking the deposition: $10

• For a notarial act not provided for: $10

• For Mobile Services & Travel Fee: $1 per mile round trip

An online notary public or their employer may charge a fee not to exceed $25 for performing an online notarization in addition to any other fees authorized under Tex. Gov’t. Code Ann. §406.024.