Fee calculator · Texas
The Texas notary fee calculator. The first signature costs more than the rest.
Texas prices each notarial certificate — one rate for the first signature, a lower one for every additional signature on the same certificate. Run the number, then the three rules. Not in Texas? Pick your state →
Texas Fee Calculator
Certificate by certificate. One big signature count gets it wrong.
Each acknowledgment certificate is priced on its own: the first signature, then each additional signature on that same certificate. Oaths are a separate fee entirely.
Your appointment
Each acknowledgment certificate is priced on its own — count the signatures on each. Most documents carry one.
Notarial fees, maximum
1 certificate · $10 first signature, $1 each additional
Travel is separate and never computed here. Quoting and agreeing it before the drive is our policy. These fees are inflation-adjustable every five years; re-check the published table after 2028.
The three rules
Every Texas quote, explained in three cards.
Capped by law
$10 first signature
Then $1 for each additional signature on the same certificate. Oaths and affirmations are their own $10, however many you swear. These are ceilings — a notary may charge less.
§ Tex. Gov't Code §406.024(a)(5)
Online
+$25 on top
An online notarization may add up to $25 to the regular fee — it stacks rather than replaces, which is why the Secretary of State's own one-signer example totals $35.
§ Tex. Gov't Code §406.111
Travel
Unaddressed
The statute prices the acts and caps them, and neither it nor the Secretary of State's fee materials mention travel at all. So a trip charge is between you and the notary — agree it in writing before the appointment.
§ Tex. Gov't Code §406.024(b)
For notaries
Quote it right, then record it right.
What Texas records
Texas notaries keep a record book — and in Texas its entries are public.
Anyone may request a certified copy of an entry on payment of the copying fee. Texas requires no thumbprint, and the book may be kept electronically.
Your fee menu
Statutory maximums on the appointments you'll actually be asked to quote.
Capped portion only — no travel is included, because Texas doesn't set one. Charge less whenever you want to.
Questions, answered
Before you book.
Is it per signature or per certificate?
Per certificate, tiered. The first signature on a certificate is $10 and each additional signature on that same certificate is $1 — so two people named in one notarial certificate is $11, not $20. Most documents carry one certificate.
§ Tex. Gov't Code §406.024(a)(5)
How does the online fee work?
It adds, up to $25, on top of the regular fee rather than replacing it. One signer online is $10 + $25 = $35 by the Secretary of State's own example. A notary isn't required to charge it at all.
§ Tex. Gov't Code §406.111
Can a Texas notary charge me for travel?
The statute caps what may be charged for the notarial act and doesn't address travel anywhere — nor does the Secretary of State's fee page. We won't tell you it's allowed or barred, because no Texas source we hold says. Agree any trip charge in advance, in writing.
§ Tex. Gov't Code §406.024(b)
I think I was overcharged. What do I do?
Compare the notarial portion against the schedule, not the total. The Secretary of State enforces notary law in Texas and takes complaints through its Notary Portal — it can reprimand, suspend or revoke a commission, but it can't award damages or rule on whether your document is valid, and complaints can't be anonymous.
§ Tex. Gov't Code §406.009; 1 TAC §87.32
Are these fees going to change?
They can. The Secretary of State adjusts the schedule for inflation once every five years. No adjustment has taken effect as of August 2026 — re-check the published table before relying on these figures after 2028.
§ Tex. Gov't Code §406.024(a)(5)
Is this legal advice? Which document do I need?
No, and we can't tell you — that's a legal question, and notaries aren't attorneys. This is arithmetic on a published fee cap with the statute cited beside it, nothing more.
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