Notary Services
Located in Bakersfield, CA, JG Tax & Notary Services is ideally located to service your Notary Public needs. We can be contracted to provide Notary Public services where ever you’re located within Kern, Tulare and surrounding counties.
A Notary Public is an individual who has undergone instruction and testing of various notarial acts. A Notary Public serves the California public to authenticate a persons identity by way of various identification documents, witnesses or combination.
When scheduling your Notary Public appointment, please ensure that you have all forms completely filled out prior to the appointment time. This will result in expediting your notarization in a timely manner. Although we have a wide variety of experience we are prohibited by law to provide legal advice as to which forms should be filled out. Please see further details on this disclaimer below.
Notary Public Fee Schedule
$15 - For an acknowledgment or proof of a deed, or other instrument, including the seal and writing the certificate (for each signature acknowledged).
$15 - For administering an oath or affirmation to one person and executing the jurat, including the seal.
$20 - For all services in connection with the taking of any deposition, and
$5 - additional for administering the oath to the witness and
$5 - for the certificate to the deposition.
$10 - For certifying a copy of a power of attorney under California Probate Code section 4307.
$0.30 per line item copied from the notary public’s journal.
$30 - Traveling flat fee for up to 30 miles round-trip to outside of 91911 zip code.
$15 - Traveling flat fee within 91911 zip code.
Please call or email for an estimate if greater than 40 miles round-trip from 93312 zip code.
Apostille services
The California Secretary of State provides an Apostille to authenticate California public officials' signatures on documents to be used outside the United States of America.
An apostille can be obtained by any individual either in person or by regular post mail. There are only two offices in California that provide walk-in service to obtain an apostille on a public service individual’s signature or seal. These physical location are in the Secretary of State main Sacramento office and Los Angeles field office.
We provide, as a service for a fee the convenience of contracting us to travel to the Los Angeles field office and obtain the state’s apostille seal on your public official signed documents. Below are the fees for this convenient service. Depending on time of drop-off we may be able to guarantee same day delivery otherwise the guarantee is within 24 hours from the time we receive your paperwork (not including weekends and official state holidays).
$250 - Flat service fee
$26 - Each apostille on a document (this fee is paid directly to the Secretary of State by money order or personal check)