Notary Services

Free notary service is available during most of the library’s business hours, including evenings and weekends.

Please call ahead to confirm availability: (330) 653-6658 x1010. Notary service is not available 30 minutes before the library closes.

Notaries adhere to the Ohio Revised Code: Section 147. Ohio law requires that the person signing the document to be notarized must appear in person and present identification. The document must be presented in its entirety.

General Guidelines

• Notaries may not notarize more than four signatures per visit per day.
• Staff members have the right to refuse notarizing documents.
• If your document requires a witness, you must acquire and bring witnesses. The witness must personally know the person whose document is being notarized. Witnesses cannot be provided by the Library, nor can they be solicited from Library patrons.
• Ohio law requires that the person(s) signing the document(s) to be notarized appear in person and present proper identification. Valid forms of identification are: current driver’s license, state-issued ID, US passport, US military ID, or a US permanent resident card.
• Car titles require the seller to have complete information about the sale of the vehicle, including the buyer’s full name and address, sales price, and current mileage of the vehicle. The library will not notarize blank car titles.

Documents We Are Unable to Notarize:

• Any type of Real Estate Documents or Mortgage Documents (Signing agents for real estate documents require additional training. Library notaries are not trained as signing agents).
• Final Wills & Trusts
• Power of Attorney
• Employment Eligibility Verification I-9 Forms (I-9 forms cannot be notarized. The Hudson Library does not serve as an authorized agent for these forms)
• Copy Certifications (Ohio notaries can only notarize Copy Certifications by Document Custodian)