For collection law firms
Notarized affidavits, court filing and service for collection law firms
Where a court's form is a sworn affidavit, such as the Delaware Court of Common Pleas' affidavit of ownership and amount due with its notary jurat, the affiant has to sign before a notary; New Jersey filings often take a certification under Rule 1:4-4(b) instead. We notarize affidavits your clients' representatives sign, file papers at New Jersey courthouses, priced before work starts, and serve papers in New Jersey.
Matthew Coleman, NJ Notary Public and NNA Certified Loan Signing Agent. Cranford, NJ. Fee confirmed before your session. Card charged only after it is complete. We aim to confirm within 15 minutes, 7am to 9pm.
What collection law firms bring us
Collection practices send us three kinds of work. Affidavits: the client's records custodian or authorized representative swears to an affidavit your firm prepared, and the notary completes the jurat. Filing: complaints, motions and judgments taken to the clerk's window, with a scan of the stamped copy sent back. Service: summonses and other papers served in New Jersey by our process servers, with the server's own affidavit or certification of service.
What we leave alone matters as much. We don't contact consumers about debts, take payments, negotiate, locate assets or advise on collection law. The notary doesn't verify the amount claimed, only the affiant's identity and oath.
What we handle for you
- Remote online notarization by video: an affiant at the client's office anywhere signs by video where the court accepts it.from $40, per session, online, no travel
- Mobile notary visit: an affiant in New Jersey signs at their office.from $75, plus state notarial fees
- Court filing in New Jersey, filed in person: papers filed in person at New Jersey courthouses.from $175, per filing, a starting rate; plus the court's fee at cost
- Process serving in New Jersey: service of process at New Jersey addresses.from $85, per address, standard service
- Records retrieval: court file copies and docket printouts.from $65, per record, plus agency fees
- Prepaid monthly business plans: monthly billing or a prepaid plan for steady volume.Quoted per job, confirmed before work starts
How ordering works
- Upload the papers with your matter number and say what each needs: notarization, filing, service, or all three.
- We quote anything that isn't a set price before it starts.
- Affidavits are notarized; filings go to the window with the stamped copy scanned back; service follows the court's rules for who may serve.
- Each item is invoiced to your account with the matter number on its line.
One account for the whole office: ask for it with the form below, and once the desk has set it up your team orders in the client portal and gets one monthly invoice with your reference on each line. Until an account is approved for terms, jobs are paid when booked; approved accounts pay on net-30 terms, by card or ACH bank debit. New Jersey caps the fee for each notarial act; travel and service fees are separate and shown on the quote. See also business accounts and prepaid business plans.
Where we work
New Jersey is served directly from our desk in Cranford, with in-person visits on the schedule shown when you book. For collection law firms with signers in other states, remote online notarization works anywhere the receiving office accepts it, and in-person signings outside New Jersey go through our notary network where we can find a commissioned notary. We confirm coverage before accepting a job, and say so plainly when we can't cover it.
What the rules say
- Delaware's Court of Common Pleas affidavit forms for a debt claim (ownership and amount due, and support of default judgment) end with "Signed and sworn to before me" and a Notary Public line. Source: Delaware Court of Common Pleas, affidavit forms
- In New Jersey, "I certify that the foregoing statements made by me are true..." may stand in for an affidavit in many filings, without a notary. Source: N.J. Court Rule 1:4-4(b), certification in lieu of oath
Read on the official pages in November 2026. Rules and forms change, and the office receiving a document decides what it accepts. General information about our services, not legal advice; we are not lawyers.
What we don't do
- We don't contact debtors, collect money, negotiate or report to credit bureaus.
- We don't give legal advice or prepare pleadings.
- The notary doesn't verify the amount or the records behind it.
Related: Court filing in New Jersey · Affidavit vs. sworn statement vs. declaration · Notary services for law firms
FAQ
Questions from collection law firms
Does an affidavit of debt need a notary?
If the court's form is a sworn affidavit with a jurat, yes. Some courts, including many New Jersey filings, accept a certification instead. Use the form the court requires.
What does filing cost?
Court filing in New Jersey has a per-filing price, starting at the rate shown on this page and confirmed before work starts, plus the court's fee at cost.
Do you serve papers outside New Jersey?
New Jersey addresses are served by our own servers. Other states go through our network when we can confirm coverage; we confirm before accepting.
Can our client's custodian sign remotely?
Yes, by remote online notarization, as long as the court where the affidavit is filed accepts it.
Before you send
- Opening an account is free. The desk reviews each request before any work is booked.
- Net-30 invoicing is for approved accounts. Until then, jobs are paid per job.
- Outside New Jersey we confirm coverage for each job before we accept it.
- We don't pay or accept referral fees, and we are not lawyers.
Prefer to talk?
Call the desk and we'll take the request by phone.