Mobile Notary FAQs

A mobile notary travels to the client’s location by appointment to complete notarial acts. This may include appointments at offices, hospitals, care facilities, businesses, or other agreed-upon locations.

Riverstone Signature Services serves Yolo County and the Greater Sacramento Area, including Davis, Dixon, Woodland, West Sacramento, Sacramento, and nearby communities by appointment.

We may be able to notarize documents involving acknowledgments, jurats, oaths and affirmations, power of attorney documents, healthcare directives, trust and estate-related documents, real estate documents, business documents, authorization forms, and other documents requiring notarization. We cannot provide legal advice or determine which document you need.

The signer must provide acceptable identification for the notarial act. A current government-issued photo ID is commonly used. If you are unsure whether your ID is acceptable, contact us before the appointment.

Yes. The signer must personally appear before the notary for notarization.

Often, no. Some documents must be signed in front of the notary, especially when a jurat is required. If you are not sure, wait to sign until the notary appointment.

Yes, if the signer is alert, willing, aware, able to communicate directly with the notary in English, and has acceptable identification.

Possibly, depending on the signer’s condition at the time of the appointment. A diagnosis alone does not automatically answer the question. The signer must be able to communicate directly with the notary in English, appear willing to sign, and appear aware of the transaction.

Family members may help coordinate the appointment, but the signer must communicate directly with the notary in English. The notary cannot rely on another person to answer for the signer.

If witnesses are required, the signer is responsible for arranging for them to be present at the appointment. Riverstone Signature Services does not provide witnesses for signings.

No. Riverstone Signature Services is not a law firm and does not provide legal advice. We cannot explain legal rights, obligations, consequences, or tell you whether you should sign a document.

No. The document issuer, receiving agency, or an attorney should tell you what type of notarial act is required. A notary may complete the appropriate certificate when the notarial act is clear, but cannot choose the act for you.

The total cost depends on the notarial act, number of notarized signatures, appointment location, travel distance, appointment time, and any additional requested services. We try to provide pricing before confirming your appointment.

Same-day appointments may be available depending on schedule, location, and appointment details. Please call or text to check availability.

A notary may be able to notarize a signature on a document in another language if the notarial act can be properly completed and the signer can communicate directly with the notary in English.

Documents should be complete before notarization. A notary may refuse to notarize if the document is incomplete, contains blank spaces that should be filled in, or creates concern about the transaction.

No. Notarization does not prove that a document is true, legal, valid, or enforceable. A notarization verifies certain elements of the notarial act, depending on the act performed.

You can call, text, or submit an appointment request online. Please provide appointment location, preferred date and time, document type, number of signers, number of notarized signatures if known, whether the signer has valid ID, and whether witnesses are required and have been arranged by the signer.