Online notary · College students and parents

Online notary for college students and their parents

The apartment wants a notarized guarantor form from a parent three states away. Financial aid wants a signed affidavit. The student is in class until five and the parent works until six. Each of you can join the same video session from wherever you are.

Online notary: open 7 am to 9 pm ET, every day, by appointment

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✓ New Jersey commissioned notary, no. 50244803, insured for errors and omissions. See the credentials

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.

Documents people in your spot often sign online

Lease guarantor forms. When the landlord asks a parent to sign the guarantee in front of a notary.
Off-campus leases. A lease or sublease that asks for a notarized signature.
Financial aid and residency affidavits. Sworn statements a school or state office asks for, when it accepts an electronic notarization. What to put in them is a question for the school.
A power of attorney for a parent. Students who are 18 sometimes sign one so a parent can handle a bank account or a car while they're at school; the bank decides what it accepts.
Vehicle forms. A bill of sale or vehicle power of attorney for a car moving to campus. A paper title still needs ink.

Not everything can be done on a screen. New Jersey's remote notarization law leaves out wills and codicils, and a paper car title is signed in ink on the original. See documents that can't be notarized online.

Before you book

One session, two places. The student and the parent can each join from their own device; book for the number of signers.
Your ID. A current driver's license or passport from any state works for the identity check. A school ID alone isn't enough.
Signers must be 18. A student under 18 can't sign on their own; a parent or guardian signs.
Ask the school or landlord first. They decide whether they accept an electronic notarization.

How a session works

Book an online session and upload your document, filled in except for the signatures.
At the appointment, join the video call from your phone, tablet or computer.
Pass the identity check with your ID, and answer the notary's questions.
Sign on screen; the notary completes the certificate and the session is recorded as the law requires.
Download the notarized PDF and send it where it's going.

A commissioned New Jersey notary works from New Jersey, and New Jersey law lets the signer be anywhere in the United States (N.J.S.A. 52:7-10.10, P.L.2021, c.179). Signers outside the U.S. are allowed only under specific conditions; use the abroad check first.

What it costs

$50 for the session, plus $10 for each extra signer. Any other fee shows in the booking form before you confirm.

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Questions

Can my parent sign my lease guarantor form from home?

Yes, when the landlord accepts an electronic notarization. Your parent joins from their own device with their ID.

Can we both sign in one session?

Yes. Each signer joins from their own device, from anywhere in the U.S.; book for the number of signers.

Is my student ID enough?

No. Use a current driver's license or passport for the identity check.

Can you tell us what to write in the financial aid affidavit?

No. We notarize; the school's financial aid office can explain what it needs.

What does it cost?

The price is shown on this page from our current settings and again in the booking form before you confirm.

General information, not legal advice. We are not lawyers: we notarize, and we don't draft or explain documents. Whoever receives your document decides what it accepts, and we can't guarantee that any office or company will accept it.

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