📄 General Notarization

Description:
For standard documents requiring a notary’s seal and signature. This includes acknowledgments and jurats.

Common Uses:
• Personal letters
• Contracts
• Permission slips
• Simple affidavits

🧾 Loan Signing (Real Estate Closings)

Description:
A comprehensive appointment where the notary guides clients through mortgage or refinance documents.

Common Uses:
• Home purchases
• Refinancing
• HELOCs
• Reverse mortgages

✈️ Travel Consent Forms

Description:
Notarization of parental consent forms for minors traveling without both parents or legal guardians.

Common Uses:
• International trips
• School field trips
• Travel with grandparents/relatives

📜 Power of Attorney (POA)

Description:
Authorizes someone to act on another person’s behalf for legal, financial, or medical decisions.

Common Uses:
• Medical POAs
• Financial POAs
• General or durable POAs

🧒 Child Custody & Guardianship Forms

Description:
Documents that establish or transfer temporary or permanent guardianship of a child.

✍️ Affidavits & Sworn Statements

Description:
Written statements confirmed by oath or affirmation, signed in front of a notary.

📑 Wills & Trusts (as allowed)

Description:
While Texas doesn’t require a will to be notarized, notarizing a self-proving affidavit attached to a will is common.

🌎 Apostille Support (Non-Notarization)

Description:
Assistance with preparing documents for international use. The apostille is issued by the Secretary of State, but notaries often help guide clients.