Maine Notary Fees
Acknowledgment: No statutory maximum found
Maine has no schedule of fees a notary must charge; any fee must be disclosed in writing and consented to by the requester before the notarial act is performed.
Source: Maine Secretary of State · 4 M.R.S. ch. 39 (Revised Uniform Law on Notarial Acts); Maine SOS Notary Public Rules
Maximum notary fees in Maine
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Any Notarial Act | No statutory maximum found | no statutory maximum foundApplies to all notarial acts; notary determines the fee subject to written disclosure and consent. |
| Other | See rule notes | custom rule4 M.R.S. §958: $1.50 in the course of a lawsuit to provide for the notification of parties, making of a certificate and recording the proceedings (per SOS Notary Public Handbook hosted on legislature.maine.gov). |
How Maine counts notary fees
No statutory maximum found
The official source recorded for Maine does not set a numeric maximum for any notarial act. Read the rule notes: a state without a number may still require that fees be reasonable, disclosed or agreed in advance.
Rules recorded as text
For other listed services, the verified record gives the rule as text rather than as a single per-unit maximum the calculator can check, so these are not evaluated automatically. The notes in the table above give the details from the source.
Price a Maine appointment
Notarial acts start at the verified Maine maximum and are checked against it. Travel and add-ons use example rates you can change.
Maine quote calculator
1Job
Act fees default to the verified maximum
2Notarial acts
$10.00no statutory maximum found
Defaults to the verified Maine 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
$50
General Notary Work · Maine
- Notarial acts
- $10.00
- Travel & service fees
- $40.00
Job economics (estimate)
- Est. direct costs
- $0.00
- Est. net
- $50.00
- Effective rate
- $150.00/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
$10.00
Travel
Flat
$40.00
Total
$50.00
Notarial acts vs. service fees
No statutory maximum found
No statutory maximum found
- No statutory maximum found for this act.
- Any fee to be charged by a commissioned notary public for performing a notarial act must be disclosed in writing to the individual requesting the services of the notary public before the notarial act is performed. The notary public must obtain the individual's consent to any fee to be charged prior to performing the notarial act.
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.
Travel fees in Maine
No travel-fee text was captured from the Maine official source in this data version. That is not the same as saying travel fees are unrestricted in Maine; confirm with the commissioning authority, and agree the fee with the client before you drive.
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 Maine source
Any fee to be charged by a commissioned notary public for performing a notarial act must be disclosed in writing to the individual requesting the services of the notary public before the notarial act is performed. The notary public must obtain the individual's consent to any fee to be charged prior to performing the notarial act.
Quoted from the official source
There is no schedule of fees that a Notary Public must charge. Any fee to be charged by a commissioned notary public for performing a notarial act must be disclosed in writing to the individual requesting the services of the notary public before the notarial act is performed. The notary public must obtain the individual's consent to any fee to be charged prior to performing the notarial act.
Caveats and research notes
Written-disclosure requirement appears in the Secretary of State's Notary Rules (https://www.maine.gov/sos/sites/maine.gov.sos/files/content/assets/Notary-20Rules.pdf). Handbook text: 'the only statutory reference to fees is found in 4 MRSA Section 958 ... For other services, the Notary Public may determine the fees to be charged.' (https://legislature.maine.gov/testimony/resources/JUD20220316@OPLA132921209305078421.pdf). Title 4 ch. 39 statute: https://legislature.maine.gov/statutes/4/title4ch39sec0.html