Notary in Durham County, North Carolina.
When online notarization launches, Durham residents and Research Triangle Park professionals can meet a commissioned North Carolina notary on live video, without leaving home or the office.
Launch List members get first pick of appointments in launch week, plus $5 off their first online session.
Durham: online notarization for busy schedules.
Many people move to Durham for work or school and keep family elsewhere. Online notarization helps when a parent, a spouse or a co-signer is in another state: each person can join from where they are, if the document allows it.
Families with a loved one at Duke University Hospital: online sessions require the signer to pass identity checks on a device. If that's not possible from a hospital bed, an in-person notary is the better choice.
Bull City families, students and researchers.
Durham is home to Duke University and Duke University Hospital, North Carolina Central University and part of Research Triangle Park. Many people here moved for school, research or medicine, and their families are spread across the country.
Online notarization fits that life: a signer in Durham and a relative in another state can each join from where they are, when the document allows it.
Local tip: For a bedside signing at a Durham hospital, health care documents need two qualified witnesses in the room. Plan them before you book.
Every way to notarize in Durham County.
Sign from Durham or anywhere in the U.S.$25 per signature
About 140 miles from Durham. For documents that must be signed in person$10 per signature
Fees follow G.S. 10B-31. Mobile travel is at the IRS business mileage rate and agreed in writing before we travel. No booking or convenience fees.
Wills, codicils, trusts and vehicle titles can't be notarized online. Health care powers of attorney and living wills need two qualified witnesses. What must be signed in person
What Durham County families ask us for.
- Business documents. Contracts, resolutions and vendor forms signed between meetings, without leaving the office.
- Family members in different places. Each signer can join from wherever they are in the U.S., when the document allows it.
- Consent and travel forms. Minor travel consent and other everyday forms, reviewed before you pay.
- Financial power of attorney. Notarized online, a power of attorney must be recorded with a North Carolina Register of Deeds.
What happens when you sign online.
- A state-licensed platform. Your session runs on a platform licensed by the North Carolina Secretary of State, never Zoom or FaceTime.
- Your photo ID is scanned. The platform checks that your government-issued ID is genuine.
- A few identity questions. Drawn from public records, so only you should know the answers.
- Your notary matches your face to your ID on live video, then watches you sign.
- Recorded and kept as North Carolina law requires, and your sealed document is delivered electronically.
Durham County questions.
Can a signer in a Durham hospital sign online?
Possibly, if they can use a device with a camera, pass the identity checks, and understand and sign willingly. If not, an in-person notary is the better option.
How do I get my document to you?
You send it through our secure upload. We review it for notarization readiness and tell you what to fix before you pay.
When will online notarization start?
Online notarization in North Carolina starts once the Secretary of State licenses the first platform. No date has been announced. Join the Launch List and we'll email you the day our online appointments open.