Notary Fees and Compensation Flashcards
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A Colorado notary performs five acknowledgments for the same signer on five separate documents in one sitting. What is the maximum fee that may be charged?
Answer: $50 total for all five acknowledgments
At $10 per signature, five separate acknowledgments yield a maximum of $50 for that session.
Which entity sets the maximum fees that Colorado notaries may charge for notarial acts?
Answer: The Colorado General Assembly through state statute
Maximum notary fees in Colorado are established by the state legislature in the Colorado Revised Statutes, not by administrative rule or local ordinance.
A bank employs a notary whose commission is active. A walk-in customer (not a bank customer) asks for a notarization. Who decides whether the bank notary charges a fee?
Answer: The bank as the employer determines the fee policy
Since the notary is acting on behalf of the employer during work hours, the employer's policy governs fee collection from third parties.
A Colorado notary performs a remote online notarization (RON) of a single document with two signers, each providing one signature. What is the maximum fee for the RON service itself?
Answer: $25 per notarial act, $25 total for the single act
The RON maximum of $25 applies per notarial act performed, not per signer, so a single acknowledgment ceremony is one act regardless of how many signers are present.
A Colorado notary advertises notary services in Spanish to a Spanish-speaking community and charges $10 per acknowledgment. May the notary also charge an additional 'language service fee'?
Answer: No, the maximum fee covers the entire notarial act including any language accommodation
The statutory maximum fee covers the notarial act itself; no additional surcharges for language accommodation may be added on top of the notarial fee.
Under Colorado law, which of the following best describes when a notary may refuse to perform a notarial act due to a fee dispute?
Answer: A notary may decline if the signer refuses to pay the disclosed fee
A notary may lawfully refuse to perform a notarial act if the signer will not agree to pay the previously disclosed fee.
A Colorado notary charges $10 for administering an oath to a single witness during a deposition. The attorney then asks the notary to administer a second oath to the same witness on a related matter. What is the maximum additional fee?
Answer: $10 — each separate oath or affirmation is a separate act
Each administration of an oath or affirmation is treated as a separate notarial act, so the notary may charge up to $10 for each one.