Missouri Notary Fees
Acknowledgment: Up to $5.00 per signature
Missouri caps notary fees at $5 per signature for acknowledgments, jurats, and signature witnessings, and $1 per page (minimum $3) for certified copies; electronic notarial acts carry the same $5-per-signature caps under § 486.960. Notaries who charge must display or present a schedule of fees, and travel fees are allowed only if agreed in advance and explained as separate and not set by law.
Source: Missouri Revisor of Statutes / Missouri Secretary of State · RSMo § 486.685; RSMo § 486.960
Maximum notary fees in Missouri
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 signature | per signatureFive dollars per signature. |
| Jurat | Up to $5.00 per signature | per signatureFive dollars per signature. |
| Signature Witnessing | Up to $5.00 per signature | per signatureFive dollars per signature. |
| Copy Certification | Up to $1.00 per page | per pageOne dollar per page certified with a minimum total charge of three dollars. |
| Electronic Notarization | Up to $5.00 per signature | per signatureRSMo § 486.960: electronic notary public maximum fees are $5 per signature for an acknowledgment, jurat, or signature witnessing. |
How Missouri counts notary fees
Counted per signature
Acknowledgment, jurat, signature witnessing and electronic notarization are capped for each signature notarized, not for each document or appointment. Two people signing the same document are two signatures.
- 1 signature: up to $5.00
- 2 signers on one document: up to $10.00
- 2 signers on each of 3 documents (6 signatures): up to $30.00
Counted per page
Copy certification is capped for each page.
- 10 pages: up to $10.00
Price a Missouri appointment
Notarial acts start at the verified Missouri maximum and are checked against it. Travel and add-ons use example rates you can change.
Missouri quote calculator
1Job
Act fees default to the verified maximum
2Notarial acts
$5.00Maximum per signature
Defaults to the verified Missouri 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 · Missouri
- 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
- A notary who charges for his or her notarial services shall conspicuously display in their regular place of work or business, or present to each principal outside their regular place of work or business, an English-language schedule of fees for notarial acts, as specified in this section.
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.
Missouri on travel feesA notary may charge a travel fee to perform a notarial act if the notary and the person requesting the notarial act agree upon the travel fee in advance of the travel, and the notary explains that the travel fee is both separate from the notarial fee and neither specified nor mandated by law.
Travel fees in Missouri
A notary may charge a travel fee to perform a notarial act if the notary and the person requesting the notarial act agree upon the travel fee in advance of the travel, and the notary explains that the travel fee is both separate from the notarial fee and neither specified nor mandated by law.
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 Missouri source
A notary who charges for his or her notarial services shall conspicuously display in their regular place of work or business, or present to each principal outside their regular place of work or business, an English-language schedule of fees for notarial acts, as specified in this section.
Electronic and remote notarization
The maximum fees that may be charged by an electronic notary public for performing an electronic notarial act are: For an acknowledgment, five dollars per signature; For a jurat, five dollars per signature; and For a signature witnessing, five dollars per signature.
Quoted from the official source
The maximum fees that may be charged by a notary for performing notarial acts are: For an acknowledgment, five dollars per signature; For a jurat, five dollars per signature; For a signature witnessing, five dollars per signature; For a certified copy, one dollar per page certified with a minimum total charge of three dollars. ... (5) For an electronic notarization, as specified in section 486.960. ... A notary shall not charge a fee for notarizing the signature on any absentee ballot or absentee voter registration. A notary who charges for his or her notarial services shall conspicuously display in their regular place of work or business, or present to each principal outside their regular place of work or business, an English-language schedule of fees for notarial acts, as specified in this section.
Caveats and research notes
A notary may charge the maximum fee specified, charge less than the maximum fee, or waive the fee. No fee for notarizing absentee ballots or absentee voter registrations. A separate fee cap for remote online notarization (Chapter 486 RSMo, §§ 486.1100 et seq.) was not returned in official search results and is therefore not recorded here. Handbook: https://www.sos.mo.gov/CMSImages/Business/Notary/NotaryHandbook.pdf