from Co law:
"24-21-529. Notary's fees
(1) Except as specified in subsection (2) of this section, the fees of a notary public may be, but must not exceed, five dollars for each document attested by a person before a notary, except as otherwise provided by law. The fee for each such document must include all duties and functions required to complete the notarial act in accordance with this part 5"
Seems to me the important distinction is "five dollars for each document attested by A PERSON " the law does not stop at each doc, but at attested by A person. It does not state one or several people but one person. Seems reasonable to conclude that the same document being attested to by a second, third, or however many people would be separate notarial acts for each person (or entity as the case may be.)
As Jerry posted from the CO law:
"24-21-502. Definitions
(6) "Notarial act" means an act, whether performed with respect to a tangible or electronic record, that a notarial officer may perform under the law of this state. The term includes taking an acknowledgment, administering an oath or affirmation, taking a deposition or other sworn testimony, taking a verification on oath or affirmation, witnessing or attesting a signature, certifying a copy, and noting a protest of a negotiable instrument."
Again, I would interpret taking AN acknowledgement or AN oath is one notarial act. Where "An" is referring to one, not two or many. Each person must individually acknowledge or affirm by placing their signature.
so in my mind, and fortunately for me clearly stated in Oregon's handbook, a fee is assessed for each signature.
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| Messages in this Thread |
|  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 |
