Minnesota Notary Fees
Acknowledgment: Up to $5.00 per act
Minnesota Statutes § 357.17 sets maximum notary fees of $5 for protests, notices of nonpayment, each oath administered, and $5 per folio for affidavits/papers and recording, with $1 per folio for copies; for acknowledgments it allows the legal fees allowed other officers for like services. The Secretary of State's Notary Commission Guide summarizes this as up to $5 for most notarial acts.
Source: Minnesota Office of the Revisor of Statutes / Minnesota Secretary of State · Minn. Stat. § 357.17
Maximum notary fees in Minnesota
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Oath / Affirmation | Up to $5.00 per act | per act$5 for each oath administered (Minn. Stat. § 357.17). |
| Jurat | Up to $5.00 per act | per actStatute: $5 per folio for any affidavit or paper not otherwise provided for; SOS Notary Commission Guide: up to $5 for most notarial acts. Recorded conservatively as $5 per act. |
| Acknowledgment | Up to $5.00 per act | per actStatute: for acknowledgments of deeds and other services authorized by law, 'the legal fees allowed other officers for like services.' Minnesota SOS Notary Commission Guide: 'Notaries may charge up to $5 for most notarial acts.' |
| Protest | Up to $5.00 per act | per act$5 for protest of nonpayment of note or bill of exchange (where legally necessary) and copy; $5 for every other protest and copy; $5 for making and serving notices of nonpayment. |
| Copy Certification | Up to $1.00 per page | per page$1 per folio for copies (statute uses 'folio'); $5 per folio for recording each instrument required by law to be recorded by the notary. |
How Minnesota counts notary fees
Counted per notarial act
Oath / affirmation, jurat, acknowledgment and protest: each notarial act performed is capped at $5.00. The maximum for several acts is the number of acts times the per-act cap.
- 1 act: up to $5.00
- 4 acts: up to $20.00
Counted per page
Copy certification is capped for each page.
- 10 pages: up to $10.00
Price a Minnesota appointment
Notarial acts start at the verified Minnesota maximum and are checked against it. Travel and add-ons use example rates you can change.
Minnesota quote calculator
1Job
Act fees default to the verified maximum
2Notarial acts
$5.00Maximum per act
Defaults to the verified Minnesota 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 · Minnesota
- 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
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 Minnesota
No travel-fee text was captured from the Minnesota official source in this data version. That is not the same as saying travel fees are unrestricted in Minnesota; 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.
Quoted from the official source
The maximum fees to be charged and collected by a notary public in Minnesota are stated in Minnesota Statute 357.17, including $5 for protest of nonpayment of note or bill of exchange, $5 for every other protest and copy, $5 for making and serving notices of nonpayment, $5 per folio for any affidavit or paper where provision is not made in the statute, and $1 per folio for copies. Additionally, notaries can charge $5 for each oath administered and $5 per folio for recording each instrument required by law to be recorded by the notary. For acknowledgments and other services, notaries are allowed the legal fees allowed other officers for like services. The Minnesota Secretary of State's Notary Commission Guide confirms this succinctly: Notaries may charge up to $5 for most notarial acts.
Caveats and research notes
The statute expresses several fees 'per folio' rather than per act/signature, and defers acknowledgment fees to 'the legal fees allowed other officers for like services'; the $5 acknowledgment figure relies on the Secretary of State's Notary Commission Guide (https://www.sos.mn.gov/media/5632/notary-commission-guide.pdf). No official text on travel fees, fee posting, or remote online notarization fees was returned in search results.