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Colorado Notary Fee CRS 24-21-529(1)
Posted by ABC Legal Docs, LLC - Jerry Lucas of CO on 2/3/19 6:09pm Msg #602817
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



 
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