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West Virginia Notary Seal Embosser
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Ideal® is the industry's leading embosser and the Model M is a step up from the less expensive No. 1, which many stores carry.

Handhelds are great for notaries on the go while desk models are best if you don't travel.

The Ideal Model M is a heavy-duty hand notary seal embosser which produces clean, crisp impressions on most paper stocks.

This embosser offers a high degree of leverage, longer paper insertion than entry-level models such as the No. 1, and a die-insert that is interchangeable with the Desk model. When you purchase the Model M handheld embosser, you will also receive a black carrying pouch.

The Ideal Model M Desk embosser features a larger body and is meant to sit atop your desk. Embossments are a bit easier with the desk style due to the greater degree of leverage it offers.

When you order the Model M hand held or Desk model, it will come with a die insert engraved with your notary commission information. If your commission information includes an expiration date, you will simply need to buy a replacement insert when your new term begins.

The Insert listed in our store is just that - the insert ONLY. If you purchase an insert, you should already have an Ideal Model M seal handle to place it in.

Embossers are sometimes called paper crimpers. In many states, an embosser alone is sufficient to perform a notarization; in others, they may only be used in conjunction with notary seal stamps.


What does the law say about the West Virginia Notary Stamp?
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West Virginia Notary Handbook
Your Notary Seal
  1. The law requires that you use your rubber stamp seal on every notarial certificate, and the stamp must be readable.
  2. Your rubber stamp seal must give your official name, your business or residence address, and include the words “Official Seal,” “Notary Public,” “State of West Virginia” and “My commission expires (your date).” The seal must be a rectangle, no larger than one by two and one half inches, with a serrated or milled edge border.
  3. An embossing seal engraved with your name and the words “Notary Seal,” and “State of West Virginia” may be used in conjunction with the rubber stamp seal on the notarial certificate, however, it may not be used without the rubber stamp seal. If you use the embossing seal, you must carefully apply it so the indentations don’t make the printing or writing on the document illegible.


West Virginia Notary Law
§29C-4-102. Rubber stamp seal.
Under or near his official signature on every notarial certificate, a notary public shall rubber stamp clearly and legibly, so that it is capable of photographic reproduction:
  1. The words "Official Seal";
  2. His name exactly as he writes his official signature;
  3. The words "Notary Public," "State of West Virginia" and "My Commission expires (commission expiration date)";
  4. The address of his business or residence in this state; and
  5. A serrated or milled edge border in a rectangular form not more than one inch in width by two and one-half inches in length surrounding the information.

No person holding a notary commission pursuant to former section two, article four, chapter twenty-nine on the effective date of this chapter may be required to obtain or use a rubber stamp seal prior to the expiration of that commission. However, such a notary who was appointed for one or more counties of the state may obtain and use the rubber stamp seal prior to the expiration of that commission if the name of the county in which the notarial act is performed is on the seal used for that act.


§29C-4-103. Seal embosser.
  1. Every notary public may provide, keep and use a seal embosser engraved to show the words "Notary Seal," his name, "Notary Public," and "State of West Virginia."
  2. The indentations made by the seal embosser shall not be applied on the notarial certificate or document to be notarized in a manner that will render illegible or incapable of photographic reproduction any of the printed marks or writing.


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