Readable version: How to become a notary, by state, explained state by state. All site datasets: open data · data roundups.
What this dataset covers
How to get a notary commission in 49 states and DC (New Jersey has its own guide): the commissioning office, who may apply, the steps in order, the costs the state lists, the term and renewal, and electronic or remote notarization.
Every field in this release is confirmed. 1 jurisdictions have their own page on the site (VA); their rows also carry the explanatory text and all sources shown there.
Field dictionary
| Field | Meaning | Type | In this release |
|---|---|---|---|
jurisdiction_code | Two-letter postal code of the state or DC. | string | 50 of 50 filled |
jurisdiction | State name (or District of Columbia). | string | 50 of 50 filled |
office | State office that commissions notaries. | string | 50 of 50 filled |
officeUrl | Official notary page of that office. | string (URL) | 47 of 50 filled |
who.items | Who may apply, as the state states it. | array of strings | 50 of 50 filled |
steps.items | Steps in order: step, detail. | array of objects | 50 of 50 filled |
costs.rows | Costs the state lists: item, amount, note. | array of objects | 50 of 50 filled |
term.paras | Term and renewal. | array of strings | 50 of 50 filled |
remote.paras | Electronic and remote notarization. | array of strings | 50 of 50 filled |
unconfirmed | Fields the official sources read did not confirm for this row. Those values are null. | array of strings | 0 of 50 rows list at least one |
source_urls | Official pages the row links (reporting page, forms, registration). | array of strings | 47 of 50 filled |
checked | When the row's sources were opened (YYYY-MM or YYYY-MM-DD). A row with no official source carries the date of the check that found none. | date (YYYY-MM-DD) | 50 of 50 filled |
page_url | The page on mcc-solutionsnj.com that explains this row. | string (URL) | 50 of 50 filled |
Preview: the first 10 rows
jurisdiction | office | officeUrl | checked |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alabama | judge of probate in your county, and the Alabama Secretary of State | https://www.sos.alabama.gov/administrative-services/notaries-public | 2026-11 |
| Alaska | Alaska Office of the Lieutenant Governor, notary office | https://ltgov.alaska.gov/notaries-public/ | 2026-11 |
| Arizona | Arizona Secretary of State, Business Services | https://azsos.gov/node/66 | 2026-11 |
| Arkansas | Arkansas Secretary of State | https://sos.arkansas.gov/uploads/bcs/NotaryHandbook2025.pdf | 2026-11 |
| California | California Secretary of State, Notary Public Section | https://www.sos.ca.gov/notary/qualifications | 2026-11 |
| Colorado | Colorado Secretary of State | https://coloradosos.gov/pubs/notary/FAQ/apply.html | 2026-11 |
| Connecticut | Connecticut Secretary of the State | https://portal.ct.gov/SOTS/Business-Services/Notary/Notary-Public-Licensing | 2026-11 |
| Delaware | Delaware Secretary of State, Notary Public Section | https://notary.delaware.gov/apply-notary-commission/ | 2026-11 |
| District of Columbia | DC Office of Notary Commissions and Authentications (ONCA) | https://os.dc.gov/service/notary-commissions | 2026-11 |
| Florida | Governor's Notary Section and the Florida Department of State | https://flgov.com/become-a-notary | 2026-11 |
4 of 13 columns shown; the downloads have every column in full.
Download formats
The CSV has one row per jurisdiction and one column per field above, UTF-8, comma-separated. Nested fields use dotted names (who.items); lists are joined with | , and lists of objects become key: value; key: value items. The JSON keeps types (numbers, true/false, null, arrays) and includes this dictionary, the license and the checked date.
License
License: free to copy, share and adapt, including commercially, under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) license.
Attribution required: credit "MCC Solutions" and link to this dataset page (https://mcc-solutionsnj.com/data/become-a-notary). The cite box below has text ready to paste.
Accuracy
Accuracy: every fact comes from an official government page as it read when checked (November 2026 for this release). Anything those pages did not confirm is null and named in the row's unconfirmed list; a null that is not on the list means the point does not apply or the source states none. This is general information, not legal or tax advice. We are not lawyers, and MCC Solutions is not a law firm.
Cite this data
Free to reuse under CC BY 4.0: credit MCC Solutions and link to https://mcc-solutionsnj.com/data/become-a-notary.
Changelog
- November 2026: sources checked for all 50 jurisdictions; this release has 13 fields, 347 confirmed values and 0 unconfirmed items.
- Downloads are generated from the data files on each request, so a corrected file shows up in the CSV and JSON straight away; a new entry is added here when the sources are checked again.