Delaware Notary Fees
Acknowledgment: Up to $5.00 per act
Delaware caps notary fees at $5 per notarial act on a tangible record and $25 per notarial act on an electronic record; fees may be waived, and a fee list must be given to the customer before the service or travel.
Source: Delaware Secretary of State (Delaware Notary Public) · 29 Del. C. § 4311
Maximum notary fees in Delaware
What the official source allows a notary to charge for each notarial act. Charging less, or nothing, is allowed.
| Notarial act | Maximum fee | How it’s counted |
|---|---|---|
| Acknowledgment | Up to $5.00 per act | per act$5 per notarial act on a tangible record. |
| Jurat | Up to $5.00 per act | per act$5 per notarial act on a tangible record. |
| Oath / Affirmation | Up to $5.00 per act | per act$5 per notarial act on a tangible record. |
| Any Notarial Act | Up to $5.00 per act | per actAny notarial act performed with respect to a tangible record: $5 per act. |
| Electronic Notarization | Up to $25.00 per act | per act$25 per notarial act performed with respect to an electronic record. |
How Delaware counts notary fees
Counted per notarial act
Acknowledgment, jurat, oath / affirmation, any other notarial act and electronic notarization: each notarial act performed is capped at $5.00 (or the amount listed for that act). The maximum for several acts is the number of acts times the per-act cap.
- Acknowledgment, 1 act: up to $5.00
- Acknowledgment, 4 acts: up to $20.00
Price a Delaware appointment
Notarial acts start at the verified Delaware maximum and are checked against it. Travel and add-ons use example rates you can change.
Delaware quote calculator
1Job
Act fees default to the verified maximum
2Notarial acts
$5.00Maximum per act
Defaults to the verified Delaware maximum. Count units follow the state rule (per act, signature or signer).
3Travel
$40.00Used for the vehicle-cost estimate
Flat $40.00 per appointment.
4Printing & add-ons
$0.005Time & costs
Round trip
Fuel, wear, insurance share
Courier, supplies
Uses the miles you drive and your print cost whether or not you bill for them. An operational estimate, not accounting profit.
Suggested total
$45
General Notary Work · Delaware
- Notarial acts
- $5.00
- Travel & service fees
- $40.00
Job economics (estimate)
- Est. direct costs
- $0.00
- Est. net
- $45.00
- Effective rate
- $135.00/hr
20 min total time. Costs: mileage $0.00, printing $0.00, other $0.00. An operational estimate, not accounting profit; it leaves out taxes, insurance and overhead.
Breakdown
Notarial acts
1 × acknowledgment
$5.00
Travel
Flat
$40.00
Total
$45.00
Notarial acts vs. service fees
Within verified statutory fee limit
$5.00 verified maximum for your entries
- When you wish to charge a fee, give customers your fee list before performing the service or traveling to perform the service. Your fee list should itemize the exact fee for a notarial act, separately from any other fees.
Travel, printing and add-ons are not part of this check. Some states restrict these charges, and listing a fee separately does not by itself make it permitted.
Delaware on travel feesDelaware law does not address fees a notary may charge for travel related to a notarial act, but the national norm is the maximum-per-mile rate established annually by the Internal Revenue Service for business use of a vehicle.
Travel fees in Delaware
Delaware law does not address fees a notary may charge for travel related to a notarial act, but the national norm is the maximum-per-mile rate established annually by the Internal Revenue Service for business use of a vehicle.
Travel is a separate charge from the notarial act, so the maximums above do not cover it. Work out a travel charge with the notary travel fee calculator.
Fee notes from the Delaware source
When you wish to charge a fee, give customers your fee list before performing the service or traveling to perform the service. Your fee list should itemize the exact fee for a notarial act, separately from any other fees.
Electronic and remote notarization
The maximum fee a notary public may charge for a notarial act performed with respect to an electronic record is $25.
Quoted from the official source
The maximum fee a notary public may charge for a notarial act performed with respect to a tangible record is $5.00. The maximum fee a notary public may charge for a notarial act performed with respect to an electronic record is $25. $5.00 is the maximum a notary may charge per notarization. A notary may choose to waive the fee. Delaware law does not address fees a notary may charge for travel related to a notarial act, but the national norm is the maximum-per-mile rate established annually by the Internal Revenue Service for business use of a vehicle. When you wish to charge a fee, give customers your fee list before performing the service or traveling to perform the service. Your fee list should itemize the exact fee for a notarial act, separately from any other fees. The fees prescribed in this section are the maximum fees to be charged by a notary public and, on violation of this section, the Secretary of State may revoke the commission of the notary public and the notary public may not be reappointed within a period of 2 years.
Caveats and research notes
Fee statute is 29 Del. C. § 4311 (Fees for services), Title 29, Chapter 43 (https://delcode.delaware.gov/title29/c043/sc01/index.html). Violation of the fee cap may result in commission revocation and a 2-year bar on reappointment.