Posted by Kate/PA on 5/2/13 10:46pm
Msg #468472

How much would you charge?

To notarize a car title 60 miles away on a Sunday?

Reply by CarolF/NC on 5/2/13 10:52pm
Msg #468476

$5.00 because that's all NC allows:) n/m

Reply by Shoshana/AZ on 5/2/13 10:56pm
Msg #468478

I wouldn't.

It's not worth it for me to go that far for any one page document. I would politely suggest that it would be more economical for them to find someone in that area. We can only charge $2 for a notarization. That's at least 2 hours of travel. I could not justify it! Why would you even consider it?

Reply by Kate/PA on 5/2/13 11:02pm
Msg #468481

Re: I wouldn't.

Just asking, I made $100 plus me and my boyfriend got to take a trip up to Reading & go kayaking in the Schuylkill River, the client seemed desperate & begged me was not able to find a notary in his area.

Reply by Shoshana/AZ on 5/2/13 11:09pm
Msg #468485

In my book, it is called taking advantage and unethical.

We are public officials and need to be ethical. I would have referred her to any of the databases and she could have easily found a notary on Sunday. Reading is not a small town.

Reply by Clem/CA on 5/3/13 12:44am
Msg #468507

Re: In my book, it is called taking advantage and unethical.

Fahrenheit 451, ... Burn the book

Reply by Shoshana/AZ on 5/3/13 12:48am
Msg #468509

In AZ, the SOS is very strict about charging so much.

Our current Governor, the Finger Wagging Jan Brewer, (the former SOS) believes that notaries should work for free. If somebody complained to the SOS about us charging such a high fee, we could be in deep doodoo!

Reply by Stephanie Santiago on 5/3/13 11:00am
Msg #468552

Clem, you make me smile at many of your replies. n/m

Reply by Teri_PA on 5/3/13 10:30am
Msg #468547

Re: I wouldn't.

I hope you are a Penn Dot notary...The notary handbook is pretty clear on what you can and cannot notarize on Penn Dot forms, and also what you charge per notarization. However, travel is up to you.

Reply by CarolF/NC on 5/2/13 11:05pm
Msg #468484

Well Kate, You set us up. That was dang good money and a

tax write off for the mileage to go play.

Reply by desktopfull on 5/2/13 11:09pm
Msg #468486

Tell them to call someone in their own town. n/m

Reply by GOLDGIRL/CA on 5/2/13 11:30pm
Msg #468491

Nothing wrong ....

.. with turning a job into a "getaway," too. Just don't expect your "desperate" client to pay for your fun. $100 to notarize a car title? Yikes!

Whole thing sounds fishy to me, anyway.

Reply by ToniK on 5/2/13 11:48pm
Msg #468494

Re: Nothing wrong ....

Not for me. Ive had folks from PA drive down here to VA to buy a car off craigslist and called me to notarize (even though our VA title has not notarization requirement on our titles) and they always ask what I charge. Luckily it was local so I only charged them to notarize and my travel to that particular area.

Reply by desktopfull on 5/3/13 12:01am
Msg #468498

Re: Nothing wrong ....

Well round trip she drove 120 miles and got $.83 per mile.

Reply by OR on 5/2/13 11:31pm
Msg #468492

Re: How much would you charge? $$$

Then hope it goes away. Long trips make me tired.

Reply by Kate/PA on 5/2/13 11:49pm
Msg #468495

Re: How much would you charge? $$$

I told them the notary fee itself would be $5 I explained to them a travel & mileage fee would apply. Then he offered the $80 for time & travel & gave me a $15 tip. he stated the regular area notary went away for the weekend. could not find one.

Reply by Exclusive Mobile Notary on 5/3/13 12:03am
Msg #468501

Re: How much would you charge? $$$

$100 would be my quote also. That's a good drive, to and from...

Reply by JanetK_CA on 5/3/13 12:40am
Msg #468505

Re: How much would you charge? $$$

Not that anyone would ever offer me that ['cause there's many hundreds of notaries between me and 60 miles in the only two directions I can go that far without ending up in the ocean or up a mountain...], but there's no way I would do that much driving for $100. Plus, it would be bare minimum 2 hours of my time (IF I was driving at 3:00 am... ), not counting gas, wear and tear, etc. I'd do what Shoshana suggested and probably refer them to this site.

If you just used the IRS deduction allowance amount for this year of $.56/mi, that would be the equivalent of a COST to you of $67.20. So for your 2++ hours of driving, you'd be left with $32.80, before allowing for taxes, let alone any overhead. But I know every area is different, as is the cost of living.

Reply by Luckydog on 5/3/13 5:36am
Msg #468518

Re: How much would you charge? $$$

You can charge what your state allows for your notarization + a travel charge of your own will. I
do not leave home for less than $25.00. Why in the world would they call you so far away? I would never accept...you drive and show up, and then they found someone faster, closer and cheaper.