OK Notary Notary Fees and Compensation 2

Question 1

An employer pays their employee-notary's salary and the notary performs notarizations as part of their job. Who keeps the notary fees collected?

Accepted Answer

The employer, unless they authorize the notary to keep them

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Always the notary personally

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The state must receive a portion

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Fees must be donated to a nonprofit

Question 2

An Oklahoma notary is asked to notarize a document but is unable to complete the act. May they charge a fee?

Accepted Answer

No, fees may only be charged for completed notarial acts

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Yes, a partial fee for their time

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Yes, the full $5 fee regardless

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Only if they traveled to the location

Question 3

A notary charges $5 for an acknowledgment and $5 for a jurat on the same visit. Is this permissible?

Accepted Answer

Yes, each is a separate notarial act

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No, only one fee per visit is allowed

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No, the maximum for any single visit is $5

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Only if both acts are on different documents

Question 4

What must an Oklahoma notary provide if requested by the signer regarding fees?

Accepted Answer

A written receipt

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An itemized invoice

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A verbal explanation only

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A refund guarantee

Question 5

A government agency instructs its notary employee to charge no fee for public services. Is this permissible?

Accepted Answer

Yes, employers may set fee policies for their notaries

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No, all notaries must charge the statutory fee

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Only if approved by the Secretary of State

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Only for federal documents

Question 6

Which type of Oklahoma notary service typically does NOT involve a fee charged to the signer?

Accepted Answer

Bank employee notarizations for customers

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Loan signing agent services

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Mobile notary for real estate closings

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Independent notary public services