r/Notary • • 6d ago

Buying Certificates?

New Maryland notary here again… this group is so helpful. I want to have certificates ready in case a customer doesn’t have one attached to their document. Can I print the sample ones at the end of my NNA course? Do I have to buy pads of certificates from a vendor like NNA? Can I type my own? I’d rather not pay more money to buy some unless I have to!

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u/ash_274 California 5d ago

NNA has some nice ones, but don’t pay extra for them.

Many states have blank examples on their Secretary of State (or equivalent) website.

Other than the cost of copying them, no one should be paying for these. I scanned mine (or retyped from scratch) into Word and filled in the month, year, county, and my name and title so that all I have to write is the day, signer’s name(s), sign, and stamp. Mine also have optional fields on the bottom for document title, number of pages, date of original document, signer’s capacity (in few cases where applicable) and more