Notaries Resources | Department of State | Commonwealth of Pennsylvania In Pennsylvania, notaries are attested back to the time of William Penn Pennsylvania first enacted a law governing notaries public in 1791 Under that first law, the Governor had the authority to appoint six notaries public for Philadelphia and three for the remaining counties
NOTARY NOTES - Pennsylvania Association of Notaries Pennsylvania’s first notary law was enacted in 1791 The law governing notaries today is the Revised Uniform Law on No-tarial Acts (RULONA) codified in Title 57 of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes
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Pennsylvania Notary Public Resources | NNA The Pennsylvania Notary Resources page is your trusted guide to becoming or advancing as a Notary Public Learn how to expand your services with loan signings, then explore the essentials of remote and electronic notarization
Pennsylvania Department of State RULONA Summary - 2026 The notary public must provide the certified copy within 15 days of receipt of the request • Notary fees – The maximum fees which notaries public may charge for notarial acts remain unchanged, but a new fee of $5 (per signature) has been added for the notarial act of witnessing or attesting a signature
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Sample Notary Public Statements - PA. GOV Pennsylvania Notaries public may not certify certain Federal, State or County records Only the agencies where these records are filed may certify copies, because they alone hold the original documents or records
Notary Regulations Changes | Department of State - PA. GOV All notaries newly appointed or reappointed on or after March 28, 2026 must obtain a $25,000 bond Notaries whose commissions expire after March 28, 2026, but who timely applied for reappointment and were reappointed before March 28, 2026, will receive the form for the $10,000 bond