Colorado notary law CRS 24-21-529(1), Notary Fees: the notary fee must not exceed $5 for each document attested by a person before a notary, and must include all duties and functions required to complete the notarial act.
The law is poorly worded, causing confusion. It does not say $5 for each document notarized. So, if the document is attested by person 1 and also by person 2, that is two notarial acts administered, but is it one document attested or two documents attested?
The signers are signing slightly different documents. Signer 1 signs with no prior signature affixed, but Signer 2 is signing a modified document, with Signer 1's signature already affixed. Signer 2 might even sign at a different time and place on the same day, with a separate notarial certificate. Signer 2 might say, I am not an expert on this matter, but Signer 1 is more knowledgeable than me. If Signer 1 has signed it, as a pre-requisite, then I am willing to sign it.
The notary fee law ignores notarial acts where there is no signed document attested by a person before the notary, such as the notary making a certified copy, or the notary administering a verbal oath of office, or swearing in a witness for live testimony.
Over the years, I have found errors in the SOS information on their website, notary handbook, notary exam, notary training course, and answers given to notary questions. They sometimes give contradictory answers to the same question. So, I teach students to go directly to the notary law, not to the SOS information, and not to notary forums. If you ask the SOS a notary question, do it by email to keep a written record of their answer, not by phone call. |
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| Colorado Notary Question-SE Tax - Brandi Solano on 2/3/19 10:13am |
| Good question. No authoritative answer. - Lee/AR on 2/3/19 12:08pm |
| Do you complete and stamp one jurat or two? - Linda_H/FL on 2/3/19 12:21pm |
| wow, Linda, not so in Oregon! Its the number of people. - sigtogo/OR on 2/3/19 1:19pm |
| Not sure if we'd get away with that here in FL - Linda_H/FL on 2/3/19 1:59pm |
| Re: wow, Linda, not so in Oregon! Its the number of people. - Brandi Solano on 2/3/19 2:19pm |
| Ack/jurat certs are PROOF of the notarial act - LisaKT/CA on 2/3/19 4:29pm |
| Re: Do you complete and stamp one jurat or two? - LisaKT/CA on 2/3/19 2:06pm |
| Re: I’ve always done as Linda since early 1990 - Carolyn Bodley on 2/3/19 6:37pm |
| think of all the taxes you may have unnecessarily paid :) - sigtogo/OR on 2/4/19 3:51pm |
| Re: How so? - Carolyn Bodley on 2/4/19 8:43pm |
| Re: Correction — one certificate /one act // not one doc n/m - Carolyn Bodley on 2/4/19 8:45pm |
| If you could earn more and pay less SE tax would you? - sigtogo/OR on 2/5/19 12:42am |
| Re: If you could earn more and pay less SE tax would you? - VT_Syrup on 2/5/19 6:47am |
| Re: If you could earn more and pay less SE tax would you? - LisaKT/CA on 2/5/19 6:58pm |
| Re: If you could earn more and pay less SE tax would you? - VT_Syrup on 2/5/19 8:08pm |
| Colorado Notary Fee CRS 24-21-529(1) - ABC Legal Docs, LLC - Jerry Lucas on 2/3/19 6:09pm |
| Found this interesting - Luckydog on 2/3/19 8:25pm |
| #2 page 5 IRS sorry n/m - Luckydog on 2/3/19 8:26pm |
| I'm confused by your post. The deduction for SE tax is a - MW/VA on 2/4/19 10:21am |
| Possibly focusing on the wrong question? - JanetK_CA on 2/4/19 2:56am |
| Re: Colorado Notary Question-SE Tax - Doris_CO on 2/4/19 11:04am |
| Colorado Notarial Acts CRS 24-21-502(6) - ABC Legal Docs, LLC - Jerry Lucas on 2/4/19 12:38pm |
| While I reach same conclusions as you Jerry, it seems... - sigtogo/OR on 2/4/19 3:35pm |
| Colorado Notarial Acts - ABC Legal Docs, LLC - Jerry Lucas on 2/4/19 4:00pm |
| Re: ABC - Carolyn Bodley on 2/4/19 5:02pm |
| Colorado Notarial Acts CRS 24-21-502(6) - ABC Legal Docs, LLC - Jerry Lucas on 2/4/19 10:48pm |
| Re: Colorado Notary Question-SE Tax - Carolyn Bodley on 2/4/19 4:52pm |
| Re: Colorado Notary Question-SE Tax - LJCA on 2/4/19 7:57pm |
| My last .02 FWIW...about the suggestion to - Linda_H/FL on 2/5/19 6:18am |
| Re: My last .02 FWIW...about the suggestion to - JanetK_CA on 2/5/19 2:03pm |
| We’ll agree to disagree - LisaKT/CA on 2/5/19 6:37pm |
| CA Handbook & Newsletter defines notarial act - LisaKT/CA on 2/4/19 11:46am |
| Colorado State Archives Charges $10 for Notary Services - ABC Legal Docs, LLC - Jerry Lucas on 2/5/19 12:32pm |