NotaryRequirements.com

Editorial policy

Accuracy is this site's entire product. This page describes how we source, verify, and correct the information we publish.

Sourcing hierarchy

  1. Statutes and administrative codes — state notary acts and administrative rules (for example, California Government Code §8200 et seq., Texas Government Code Chapter 406).
  2. Commissioning authority publications — Secretary of State (or equivalent) program pages, official handbooks, FAQs, fee schedules, and approved-vendor lists.
  3. Industry bodies — used descriptively for industry standards only (for example, what background screening title companies expect of signing agents), never as the basis for a legal-requirement claim.
  4. Everything else — course provider marketing, news coverage, and third-party summaries are used only as leads, never as the basis for a requirements claim.

Verification process

Every requirements claim on a state page — eligibility, fees, bond amounts, exam and training mandates, commission terms, fee caps, remote online notarization rules — must trace to a source in tiers 1–2 above. Each page lists its sources and displays the date it was last verified against them. Where we could not confirm a detail from an official source, we say "confirm with your state's commissioning authority" rather than guessing.

Income and earnings claims

Pages that discuss what notaries or loan signing agents earn use conservative ranges with named sources or a stated estimation method, and describe the variables that move them. We do not publish income hype, guarantees, or best-case anecdotes presented as typical.

Authorship

Content is researched and written by the site's editorial team. We do not use invented author personas or claim credentials we don't hold.

Corrections

If you find an error, contact us with the state and, ideally, a link to the official source. Confirmed corrections are published promptly and the page's verification date is updated.

Independence

Affiliate relationships (described on our about pageand disclosed on the pages where they appear) have no influence on requirement information. We state when a course is optional, even though saying so earns nothing.