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O/t Notaries Posted: 07-01-06 12:16pm
Does anyone know about how much a notary
charges to sign a marriage license?
Also - this will sound dumb, but - is it
illegal or something for them to do it for
free, or do they have to charge? (i'm
asking cause I want to know if it's worth
it to try to find someone I know or
someone a friend knows to see if I can get
it cheaper/free.)
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Ingi
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Posted: 07-01-06 12:31pm
I doubt it is illegal for them to sign
without charging. I have friends who are
notaries and they have always just signed
my stuff whenever i've needed it.
As far as pricing them goes, ask at your
court house on monday if it is open. ;)
congrats on the wedding.
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Bridget
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Posted: 07-01-06 13:50pm
It cost us $150. That also included
payment for the 2 witnesses she provided
for us since we were keeping it a secret.
So I think it was either $100 or $125 just
for her services.
Don't you have someone yet? I read that
you're getting married on tuesday so I
figured you would've already set something
up with someone.
Congrats on your wedding!
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Lalee
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Posted: 07-01-06 14:02pm
iheartmybostonterrier
wrote:
don't you have someone
yet?
obviously not, or I wouldn't have asked,
silly. :p
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Bridget
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Posted: 07-01-06 14:19pm
Are you sure you're going to be able to
find someone for tuesday? I'm only asking
because it's a holiday. We set ours up
like a week in advance but we could've
probably set it up that day since we just
went to her house and passed on the
ceremony part.
Did you find a dress?
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Lalee
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Posted: 07-01-06 15:08pm
We just need someone to sign.
My mom is making me something to wear, but
I as of yet have no idea what it is. Lol.
We're going to do our own ceremony.
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Ingi
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Posted: 07-01-06 15:11pm
lalee
wrote:
we just need someone to
sign.
My mom is making me something to wear, but
I as of yet have no idea what it is.
Lol. We're going to do our own
ceremony.
how romantic!! Yay!
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chrissy721
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Posted: 07-01-06 18:00pm
Most banks notarize for free, and the
courthouse will do it for free too,
atleast where I live they do.
I am going to become a notary in the fall.
The girl i'm going with is renewing her
certificate and she only charges like 20
dollars to ppl she doesn't know.
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Bridget
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Posted: 07-01-06 19:35pm
I think it's different in every state. We
weren't allowed to just get it notarized
at the bank. The woman we used actually
had to ask us each if we wanted to marry
the other and we had to have 2 witnesses
to sign as well. Then she filed it at the
town hall and I picked up a copy of our
marriage certificate the next week. It
was more of a production than we thought
it would be.
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Lalee
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Posted: 07-01-06 19:55pm
That's kind of backward from what we're
doing. We've already filed for the
license. We just fill out our
information, then we have to wait 24 hours
to actually pick up the license... Then
we just keep it until we get married, and
it gets signed then.
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Bridget
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Posted: 07-01-06 22:08pm
That's what we had to do too. Well
actually we got our license right when we
applied for it. Then a couple weeks later
we found a notary and she signed it and
the witnesses signed it and then she had
to file it with the town hall so we could
get our marriage certificate. We got
married on a saturday and she filed it on
the following monday and I could've picked
it up that day, so it was very prompt.
Maybe it's different everywhere but I
thought whoever signs it has to officially
file it so you can get your certificate.
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Lalee
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Posted: 07-01-06 22:53pm
I don't know... But i'm not really
concerned about whether or not it has to
be filed or whatever. All I want is to
make sure that july 4 is our wedding date.
I know there are weird things you have to
go through in some states, but i'm not
sure about here. Like, some places you
have to have blood tests done first. Not
here.
Actually, now that I think about it, I
don't believe there is a filing period
afterward. John's sister and her
now-husband came here to get married
because it was so straightforward. All
they had to do was stay here for 24 hours
(the waiting period between when you apply
for the marriage license and when you can
pick it up), and that was it.
