If you're drafting an estate plan, buying a home, adopting a child or completing another legal or official transaction, you might be tasked with finding a notary to authenticate certain important ...

A notary public carries a legal commission to witness signatures and, in most states, will place a notary seal on signed documents. Although most official documents do not need notarized signatures, a ...

CHICAGO — Illinoisans who need a notary public can now access those services online through a new “E-Notary” portal launched by the secretary of state’s office. This process is one of the latest ...

The secretary of state’s downtown driver services facility is pictured in Chicago. Andrew Adams Capitol News Illinois Illinoisans who need a notary public can now access those services online through ...

Every year, hundreds of millions of documents are notarized in the United States: wills, mortgages, citizenship forms, handgun applications. And since the founding of this nation, notarizations have ...