Please
note: this service may be suspended due to Covid-19 regulations.
The City of Plymouth offers appointments (schedule below) for Notary Public services pursuant
to the laws of the State of Michigan. Fee
is $5.00 per service (cash,
check, money order, credit card accepted)
Notaries acting on behalf of the City of
Plymouth are witnessing your signature on a document. The Notary does not
verify the accuracy or legality of the document being signed.
City of Plymouth Notaries shall:
- Notarize documents for signers who are
physically present and can be properly identified. Do
not pre-sign your documents.
- Confirm the identity and signature of all
individuals against a valid government-issued photo identification card (i.e.
driver’s license or state ID).
- Notarize documents written in English only.
- Notarize complete documents, which shall not
contain blanks or missing information or pages.
- Notarize only ‘original’ documents bearing the signer’s
original, wet-ink signature (not a photocopy or fax of a signed document)
- Not notarize copies of passports, I-9 forms,
closing paperwork, financial documents, trusts or wills.
- Not be responsible for reviewing content of
the paperwork presented or executing documents (ex.: mortgage documents should
be taken to a bank or mortgage company).
- Not certify copies of documents or notarize
that a record is an original or true copy of another record. If you need a ‘certified
true copy’ of a document, you must go to the place of origin to obtain it.
- Not certify that a statement is true or
certify documents attesting that you are a citizen, are alive, etc.
- Not notarize documents that are post-dated.
- Not perform a notarial act electronically.
We reserve the right to refuse to notarize any
document.