How much does a notary cost in Maine?
Most "notary cost" pages are run by an online-notarization platform or a notary supplier — each answering with its own product. This one isn't. Here's what it actually costs in Maine, all your options compared fairly — including the one where your bank does it for free.
The two prices, separated
1 · The notarial fee
State-capped. This is the official act — verifying you, witnessing the signature, applying the stamp. It's the same amount whether you drive to the notary or they drive to you.
2 · The travel / convenience fee
Maine does not separately cap or itemize travel/mobile fees. However, 29-250 C.M.R. ch. 700 § 2(E) requires that ANY fee charged for a notarial act — which includes a travel or mobile-visit fee bundled with the act — be disclosed in writing to the individual before the act and that the individual consent to it beforehand. No mileage formula or dollar cap exists. It only applies when a notary comes to you — a bank or walk-in counter doesn't charge it.
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Maine specifics
Fee schedule: Maine sets no statutory maximum notary fee — the notary sets the fee; confirm the amount in advance.
Travel fees: Maine does not separately cap or itemize travel/mobile fees. However, 29-250 C.M.R. ch. 700 § 2(E) requires that ANY fee charged for a notarial act — which includes a travel or mobile-visit fee bundled with the act — be disclosed in writing to the individual before the act and that the individual consent to it beforehand. No mileage formula or dollar cap exists.
No statutory maximum fee for notarial acts — the notary sets the fee; the only regulation is a disclosure/consent rule, not a dollar cap.
Any fee (including travel) must be disclosed IN WRITING to the signer and the signer must CONSENT to it before the act is performed (29-250 C.M.R. ch. 700 § 2(E)).
The $50 fee that appears everywhere is the SOS commission application/renewal fee (5 M.R.S. § 87), NOT a per-act charge a signer pays.
RON is live but a notary must be separately approved: file the 'Notice to Perform Electronic and/or Remote Notarizations' with the SOS before performing remote/electronic acts.
Notary journals must be retained for 10 years after the last recorded act.
No surety bond is required of Maine notaries.
Remote online notarization: RON · Live in-state — RON is authorized and operational in Maine. Maine adopted the Revised Uniform Law on Notarial Acts (RULONA) effective July 1, 2023; RON for remotely located individuals is governed by 4 M.R.S. § 1915. To perform remote/electronic acts a notary must first submit the 'Notice to Perform Electronic and/or Remote Notarizations' form to and be approved by the Secretary of State. There is no statutory per-act or per-session RON fee cap — RON fees are notary-set and subject to the same written-disclosure/consent rule (ch. 700 § 2(E)). Interstate recognition: under RULONA §§ 1910 and 1912, Maine recognizes notarial acts (including RON acts) properly performed under the law of another U.S. state. A separate service-of-process fee applies to a designation tied to RON under 4 M.R.S. § 1915(15) (an administrative/legal-process fee, not a notarial-act charge).
Official source: Maine Secretary of State — Bureau of Corporations, Elections and Commissions, Division of Corporations, UCC and Commissions (Notaries Public) →Before you pay
- Ask to confirm the notary's commission is current (a mobile notary should be happy to show it).
- Get the total quoted upfront and itemized — the No statutory cap notarial fee separate from any travel/convenience fee.
- Ask for a receipt.
- For online/remote notarization, confirm the party receiving your document accepts it.
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Figures on this page are sourced to Maine Secretary of State — Bureau of Corporations, Elections and Commissions, Division of Corporations, UCC and Commissions (Notaries Public) (29-250 C.M.R. ch. 700, § 2(E) (Fees for notarial services) — issued under 4 M.R.S. ch. 39 (RULONA); RON at 4 M.R.S. § 1915. Title 4, ch. 39 contains no notarial-act fee cap.), verified 2026-07-14. This is general information, not legal advice — confirm specifics with the official authority.