Notary Services

Notary Services are available in person at the Brunswick, Thurmont, and Walkersville Branches.

Notary services are typically available regular business hours. Please call ahead to make sure a notary is available. To ensure equitable service for all library users, staff reserve the right to limit the number and length of documents able to be notarized at any given time.

Fees

• Notary services are free for patrons with an FCPL card.
• For people without a library card, fees are $2 per notary signature.

People seeking notarizations must bring with them their unsigned documents, valid photo identification, and any witnesses (ages 18 years of age or older) required. Library staff cannot serve as witnesses. Photo IDs must be current and in English.

Exceptions to what we can notarize:

• Mortgages or real estate transactions
• Employment verification (IRS form I-9, Employment Eligibility Verification)
• Vital records themselves cannot be notarized; however, copies of these records can be notarized if they are accompanied by the original document

Notaries are unable to provide service if the customer's document or circumstances of request for Notary Services raises any issues of authenticity, ambiguity, doubt, or uncertainty for the library. In this event, the library Notary may at his/her sole discretion decline to provide Notary Service.

Please note, per the Maryland Code, State Government Article, §18-224(d)(2): “Our notaries are not attorneys licensed to practice law in this state. They are not allowed to draft legal records, give advice on legal matters, including immigration, or charge a fee for those activities.”