How much does a notary cost in Rhode Island?
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 Rhode Island, 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
Rhode Island statute and the Standards of Conduct contain no explicit travel- or mileage-fee cap, but require that all fees be posted in a conspicuous place in the notary's place of business and disclosed to any person using the notary's services (and on request). A travel/convenience fee is therefore permitted but must be disclosed; it is not part of the $25 statutory per-act cap. No per-mile formula is set by statute. It only applies when a notary comes to you — a bank or walk-in counter doesn't charge it.
Your options, compared honestly
Rhode Island specifics
Fee schedule: Rhode Island caps notary fees at $25.00 per document or notarization for both traditional in-person acts and remote/electronic notarizations, with no separate first/additional-signature schedule and no higher RON tier.
Travel fees: Rhode Island statute and the Standards of Conduct contain no explicit travel- or mileage-fee cap, but require that all fees be posted in a conspicuous place in the notary's place of business and disclosed to any person using the notary's services (and on request). A travel/convenience fee is therefore permitted but must be disclosed; it is not part of the $25 statutory per-act cap. No per-mile formula is set by statute.
Fee is a flat maximum of $25.00 per document/notarization — there is NO per-signature first/additional schedule; every act is capped at the same $25.
RON/electronic acts are capped at the SAME $25 (no higher remote tier), unlike many states that allow a higher RON fee.
Notaries must POST all fees in a conspicuous place in their place of business, and disclose fees to any person using their services (and upon request), per the Standards of Conduct and § 42-30.1-20.1.
The notary journal entry must record 'the fee, if any, charged for the notarial act.'
Apostille/certification through the Department of State is a separate $5.00 per document fee, distinct from the notarial act fee.
CORRECTION TO EARLIER GUIDE: the prior notary-audience page claimed Rhode Island has 'notary-set fees — no statutory hard caps.' That is INACCURATE — R.I. Gen. Laws § 42-30.1-20.1 sets a hard $25 statutory cap per document/notarization.
Remote online notarization: RON · Live in-state — Remote/electronic online notarization is authorized and operational in Rhode Island. Notaries may register with the RI Department of State to perform electronic notarial acts under R.I. Gen. Laws § 42-30.1-14 (Uniform Law on Notarial Acts, as amended). The $25.00-per-document/notarization fee cap in § 42-30.1-20.1 applies equally to remote acts (no higher RON rate). Rhode Island recognizes notarial acts performed under the authority of a notary commissioned by another state (§ 42-30.1-11).
Official source: Rhode Island Department of State (Secretary of State Gregg M. Amore), Notary Public Division — Notary Public Manual (rev. 7/2024) →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 $25 per document/notarization notarial fee separate from any travel/convenience fee.
- Ask for a receipt.
- For online/remote notarization, confirm the party receiving your document accepts it.
Need a notary to come to you in Rhode Island?
Booking is open. See an itemized quote — travel and your state's notarial fee, line by line — before you pay anything.
Book a mobile notary →Figures on this page are sourced to Rhode Island Department of State (Secretary of State Gregg M. Amore), Notary Public Division — Notary Public Manual (rev. 7/2024) (R.I. Gen. Laws § 42-30.1-20.1 (Fees to perform notarial acts)), verified 2026-07-14. This is general information, not legal advice — confirm specifics with the official authority.