Notary Services

We are able to perform simple signature notarizations only.

Please bring a picture ID and wait to sign in front of the notary. The fee is $1.00 per signature.

**For more complex documents please seek out another location such as Bank or Insurance Company**

For Commissioner to Qualify services please call 508-885-7500x150 to make an appt.

Town of Spencer
NOTARY SERVICES GUIDELINES
The Town Clerk’s office provides basic Notary services for $1.00 per signature.
Residents seeking Notary Services should call the Town Clerk’s office 508-885-
7500x150 prior to their visit to ensure that the Notary is available.
The following guidelines will be followed in the provision of Notary Service:
• A valid, government-issued photo identification is required of any
customer seeking Notary Service.
• The document(s) CANNOT already have been signed nor dated.
• All signers must be present at the time of notarizing.
• If your document requires a witness(s), they must accompany you.
• The Notary is stating they have witnessed the document being signed
• The document must contain the appropriate Notarial Statement or Clause,
or one will be stamped on the document by the Notary.
• Documents in any language other than English will not be notarized at this
facility.
• Notary Service is not available for deeds, mortgages, wills, living wills,
living trusts, codicils or depositions.
• Certain public documents cannot be copied and notarized. Examples of
these are birth, marriage and death certificates.
• Massachusetts law requires that a Notary and the person seeking
notarization be able to communicate directly with each other.
• In accordance with Massachusetts Notarial Law, Notaries will not provide
service if the customer, document or circumstances of the request for
Notary Service raise any issue of authenticity, ambiguity, doubt or
uncertainty. In this event, the Notary may, at his/her sole discretion,
decline to provide Notary Services.