Mobile Notary Service in Massachusetts
A commissioned Massachusetts notary public who comes to your kitchen table, office, hospital room or care facility. Seven days a week across Greater Boston, the Merrimack Valley, Central Massachusetts and the North Shore.
What does a mobile notary do in Massachusetts?
A mobile notary performs the same notarial acts as any Massachusetts notary public, but at your location instead of a bank or office. The commission, the seal, the certificate wording and the legal weight of the notarization are identical; only the address changes.
Massachusetts requires the signer to appear in person before the notary. A mobile notary satisfies that rule by driving to the signer rather than making the signer drive. For a patient at Lowell General or a borrower recovering from surgery in Newton, that difference decides whether the document gets signed today or next week.
At every appointment the notary checks a current government-issued photo ID, confirms that you understand the document and are signing willingly, watches you sign or hears you acknowledge an earlier signature, completes the certificate, applies the seal and records the act in the notary journal. Massachusetts notaries keep that journal under M.G.L. c.222; it records the date, document type, your name and ID type, never the document contents.
A mobile notary does not read your document for you, advise whether it accomplishes what you want or fix the wording. A notary is an impartial witness to a signature, not a lawyer; questions about what a power of attorney or deed means belong with a Massachusetts attorney before the notary arrives.
Hire Mobile Notary has operated out of Tewksbury since 2007, and Hanson Webb, our notary, has completed more than 1,190 signings in homes, hospital rooms, law offices and businesses. For the long version of how the service works, read the complete Massachusetts mobile notary guide.
Who uses mobile notary service in Massachusetts?
Mobile notary service is used by anyone who needs a signature notarized and cannot, or would rather not, bring the signer to an office. Our six most common callers are families, hospitals and care facilities, attorneys, lenders and title companies, employers and business owners.
Families
Most family calls involve an aging parent. A durable power of attorney, a health care proxy or a trust amendment needs a notary, and Mom is not getting into the car for a trip to the bank. We come to the living room in Billerica or the assisted living community in Lexington, take our time and finish in one visit. Families also call for DS-3053 passport consents and vehicle title transfers.
Hospitals and care facilities
We have handled bedside health care proxies, powers of attorney and financial authorizations at Massachusetts General, Beth Israel Deaconess, Lahey and Lowell General, often with hours rather than days to spare. We follow each facility’s visitor rules, work around nursing schedules and will decline to notarize if a patient cannot show awareness of what they are signing.
Attorneys
Estate planning attorneys in Wellesley, Concord and Andover book us to travel to a client’s home and notarize a trust, a durable POA and a self-proving will affidavit in a single sitting, while the family’s own witnesses sign alongside. Litigators send us for affidavits that need a jurat before a filing deadline.
Lenders and title companies
Title companies and mortgage lenders use us as a loan signing agent when the borrower cannot come to the closing attorney’s office. We bring the printed package, walk the borrower through where to sign and initial, notarize the acknowledgments and ship the executed package back the same day. The closing itself remains the attorney’s work under Massachusetts law; we support it.
Employers
HR departments onboarding remote hires in Massachusetts need Form I-9 identity documents examined in person. Human service agencies, schools and camps need CORI forms notarized before a hire can start. We visit the office or the new hire’s home for a single form or a stack of twenty.
Business owners
Corporate resolutions, operating agreements, commercial leases and bank authorization forms all need a notary eventually. Owners in Burlington and Waltham book an evening visit so the whole team signs at once. See our business and corporate notary services for recurring arrangements.
How does mobile notary service work?
You tell us what you are signing, where you are and when you need it; we confirm a flat zone rate and a time, then arrive, verify, notarize and leave you with your originals. Most single-document visits are finished in 15 to 30 minutes from the moment the notary walks in.
- Request
Call or text (978) 424-4629, or book online. Tell us the document type, the number of signers, the address and your preferred window. Mention Arabic or French if the document is not in English.
- Confirm
We reply within the hour during business hours with availability and the exact rate for your zone, including any extra seals or signers. Nothing is dispatched until you have the number.
- Notarize
The notary arrives at the agreed time, checks each signer’s ID, confirms willingness and awareness, administers an oath if the document calls for one, watches the signing, completes the certificate and applies the seal.
- Done
You keep your original documents. Loan packages are shipped back to the closing attorney or title company the same day. Apostille documents are filed with the Secretary of the Commonwealth on your behalf.
Same-day service is real but depends on the route already booked for that day and your distance from Tewksbury. A Zone 1 or Zone 2 request made before noon is usually filled the same afternoon; a late-evening Boston request may be that night or first thing next morning, and we tell you which before you commit. For true emergencies see our after-hours emergency notary page, and for Saturday and Sunday appointments see weekend notary service.
How much does a mobile notary cost in Massachusetts?
Mobile notary service with Hire Mobile Notary starts at $125 per visit and is priced by zone, with every rate including travel, one notarial seal and 15 minutes of service. The zone is set by the town we drive to, so you know the number before we leave Tewksbury.
- Tewksbury, Gardner, Ashby, Athol
- Travel included
- 1 seal + 15 minutes of service
- Lowell, Billerica, Andover, Chelmsford, Dracut, Lawrence
- Worcester, Fitchburg, Leominster, Concord, Burlington, Woburn and 40+ more
- Travel included, same-day, 7 days
- Boston, Cambridge, Newton, Wellesley, Weston
- Lynn, Gloucester, North Andover and 110+ more
- Hospital and nursing-home visits included
In-office notarization at 1215 Main St, Suite 115, Tewksbury is $45 per notarial act. Apostille service is the $6 Massachusetts state fee plus our service fee. Loan signings and multi-document appointments are quoted by complexity. Additional seals, extra signers and after-hours premiums are quoted before we dispatch. See the full zone pricing table.
Three things move the price above the floor. The first is seal count: a trust package with six notarial certificates is six acts, not one, and each additional seal is quoted up front. The second is time: a 142-page refinance takes 45 to 90 minutes rather than 15, so loan signings are quoted as a package. The third is timing: a Sunday night or 6 a.m. visit carries an after-hours premium that we state when we confirm.
Distance within a zone does not move the price: Gloucester costs the same as Cambridge because both are Zone 3, and tolls, parking and fuel are in the rate. For worked examples, read what a mobile notary costs in Massachusetts.
What can a mobile notary do and not do under Massachusetts law?
A Massachusetts notary may perform four notarial acts under M.G.L. c.222 s.15: acknowledgments, jurats, signature witnessings and copy certifications, and may administer oaths and affirmations. A notary may not give legal advice, draft or alter documents, supply witnesses or conduct a mortgage closing, which Massachusetts reserves for licensed attorneys.
The four notarial acts
An acknowledgment (s.15(a)) is the act used for deeds, mortgages and most powers of attorney. You may have signed earlier; you appear before the notary, prove your identity and declare the signature is yours and voluntary. A jurat (s.15(b) to (c)) is for affidavits and sworn statements: you swear or affirm the contents are true and sign in the notary’s presence. A signature witnessing (s.15(d)) is used for DS-3053 passport consents and similar forms: the notary watches you sign and certifies that fact, with no oath. A copy certification is the notary’s statement that a photocopy is a true and complete copy of an original you presented; it cannot be used for vital records or other public records, which must come from the issuing agency.
Choosing the wrong act can get a document rejected by a registry, a court or a foreign consulate. If the certificate is already printed on your form, we perform that act. If there is no certificate, we ask what the receiving party requires and attach the matching one. Our guide to acknowledgment versus jurat in Massachusetts walks through the difference, and our signature witness notary page covers the fourth act in detail.
No legal advice
We are not a law firm and Hanson Webb is not an attorney. We cannot tell you which power of attorney to choose, whether your trust is funded correctly or what a clause means. We can tell you which notarial act your form calls for and whether a page is missing a required field. M.G.L. c.222 sets the standards of conduct for Massachusetts notaries, and staying inside them protects the validity of your document. For the line between the two roles, read Massachusetts notary versus attorney.
No witnesses provided
We do not provide, bring, coordinate or serve as witnesses. A Massachusetts will needs two witnesses under M.G.L. c.190B, and a health care proxy needs two witnesses under M.G.L. c.201D, and we do not fill that role. If your document requires witnesses, you arrange qualified adults who are not beneficiaries or named agents, and they must be present with photo ID when we arrive. We state this at booking so nobody is surprised at the table.
Attorney-required closings
Massachusetts treats the conduct of a residential mortgage closing as the practice of law. A licensed attorney must oversee it. Our role is the notary signing agent who travels to the borrower, verifies identity, notarizes the mortgage and affidavits and returns the package, working under the direction of the closing attorney, title company or lender. We never say we close loans, because in this state we do not.
Refusals
A notary must refuse when the signer lacks acceptable ID, appears confused or coerced, is not physically present, or when the document has blank essential fields. We confirm ID and document status when you book for exactly this reason.
Which documents does a mobile notary notarize?
We notarize any document that Massachusetts law permits a notary to act on, from a one-page affidavit to a 150-page loan package. The nine categories below cover most of our visits; each links to the specifics for that document type.
Power of attorney
Durable, general, limited and springing POAs, acknowledged at home, in the hospital or at your attorney’s office.
POA notarizationReal estate
Deeds, mortgages, 6D certificates, trustee certificates and seller documents for registry filing.
Real estate notaryTrusts and wills
Revocable and irrevocable trusts, amendments and the self-proving affidavit on a will. You bring the witnesses.
Trust and will notaryHospital documents
Health care proxies, advance directives and bedside POAs at hospitals, rehab centers and nursing homes.
Hospital notaryApostille
Notarization plus filing with the Secretary of the Commonwealth for use in Hague Convention countries.
Apostille serviceForm I-9
In-person examination of identity documents for remote hires, completed as your authorized representative.
I-9 verificationCORI forms
CORI acknowledgment forms for schools, camps, human service agencies and volunteer organizations.
CORI notarizationCopy certification
Certified true copies of diplomas, passports, contracts and other originals that are not public records.
Copy certificationAffidavits
Sworn statements, immigration affidavits, name-change affidavits and court filings that require a jurat.
Affidavit notarizationBeyond the nine, we regularly notarize DS-3053 passport consents, RMV title forms, vehicle bills of sale, adoption consents, insurance claim forms and corporate resolutions. Documents written in Arabic are handled directly through our Arabic notary service, and French-language documents through our French document notary service, with no translator required.
We cannot notarize a document with blank essential fields, and we cannot certify copies of public records such as birth certificates. If you are unsure whether your form qualifies, text a photo of the signature page to (978) 424-4629 and we will tell you before you book.
Need a notary today?
Same-day visits across 177 Massachusetts towns. Flat zone pricing confirmed before we leave.
How should you prepare for a mobile notary visit?
Have a current government-issued photo ID for every signer, have the document complete but unsigned, and have any witnesses the document requires already in the room. Those three things cover almost every reason a mobile notary visit stalls.
ID rules
Massachusetts requires satisfactory evidence of identity, which in practice means a current, unexpired ID issued by a state or federal government that carries your photograph and signature. A Massachusetts driver’s license or state ID card, a U.S. passport or a military ID all qualify. The name on the ID must match the name on the document; if you sign as Katherine but your license says Kate, call us before the appointment. An expired ID cannot be used even if it expired last week. Our guide to what ID is accepted for notarization in Massachusetts covers the edge cases, including signers with no ID.
Unsigned documents
For a jurat or signature witnessing, the document must be unsigned when we arrive, because the notary must watch the signature happen. For an acknowledgment, a prior signature is permitted, but signing in front of us removes any doubt. Fill in every other field first; blank dates, names or dollar amounts in required sections mean we cannot proceed, and signature lines are the only blanks expected.
Witnesses are arranged by you
If your will, health care proxy or other document calls for witnesses, you arrange them. We do not bring, provide or coordinate witnesses, and the notary does not serve as one. Witnesses should be adults who are not named in the document and who bring their own photo ID. Two neighbors, two coworkers or two adult friends are typical; family members who inherit under the will are not.
The room
A table, decent light and a few quiet minutes are all we need. In a hospital, let the nurse know a notary is coming so medications and procedures do not land in the same window. For a loan package, allow 45 to 90 minutes. If a signer is hard of hearing or has limited sight, tell us at booking so we can plan the time. The full checklist is in how to prepare for a mobile notary.
Where does our mobile notary travel in Massachusetts?
We serve 177 cities and towns across Greater Boston, the Merrimack Valley, Central Massachusetts and the North Shore from our base in Tewksbury. The pills below link to local pages for the communities we visit most; if yours is not listed, call, since we routinely travel beyond the published zones.
The Merrimack Valley is home turf: Tewksbury, Lowell, Dracut, Chelmsford, Billerica, Andover, North Andover and Lawrence are all within a short drive. Central Massachusetts runs west through Fitchburg, Leominster, Gardner and Worcester. The North Shore runs from Lynn out to Gloucester. Metro Boston includes the city proper, Cambridge, Somerville, Brookline, Newton, Wellesley and Weston, with hospital visits built into the Zone 3 rate.
Looking for the closest option rather than a specific town? Our notary public near me page explains how we route the day, and our traveling notary page covers longer trips, multi-stop days and out-of-zone requests. The complete list of all 177 communities is on the service locations page.
Why do clients choose Hire Mobile Notary?
Clients choose us because the same commissioned, insured notary who answers the phone is the one who shows up, and he has done this more than 1,190 times since 2007. A botched notarization can void a deed or stall a closing, so the credentials behind the seal matter.
Credentials
Hanson Webb has held a Massachusetts notary public commission continuously since 2007. He is a National Notary Association Certified Loan Signing Agent, background screened, bonded and covered by errors and omissions insurance. Hire Mobile Notary is BBB accredited with an A+ rating. He also holds a Massachusetts insurance broker’s license and brings decades of experience in installment, commercial and real estate lending, which is why a 140-page loan package does not slow him down.
Languages
Hanson is fluent in English, Arabic and French. A power of attorney written in Arabic for use in Riyadh, or a French-language succession document, is notarized directly, with your understanding confirmed in the language of the document. No translator and no second appointment.
Track record
More than 1,190 completed signings across 18 years, in hospital rooms, at closing tables, in nursing homes and at kitchen tables across 177 communities. Hanson is a member of the National Notary Association, the Tewksbury Lions Club and the Tewksbury Economic Development Committee, and the business operates from a walk-in office at 1215 Main Street in Tewksbury. Read more about Hanson Webb.
Mobile notary vs in-office vs online notary: which should you use?
Use a mobile notary when the signer cannot easily travel or when several people need to sign in one place; use our Tewksbury office when you are nearby and want the lowest cost; use remote online notarization when the receiving party accepts it and everyone has a webcam. All three produce a valid Massachusetts notarization when done correctly.
Mobile notary
From $125 per visit, travel included. Best for hospital signings, homebound signers, loan packages and multi-signer business documents. Seven days a week, same-day by confirmation.
Book a mobile visitIn-office notary
$45 per notarial act at 1215 Main St, Suite 115, Tewksbury, by appointment. Best for a single affidavit, a DS-3053, an I-9 or a copy certification when you are already in the Merrimack Valley and can bring the signers to us.
In-office notary serviceOnline notary
Remote online notarization has been authorized in Massachusetts under 2023 Acts c.2. Best when the signer is out of state or abroad and the recipient accepts an electronic notarization. Not every registry, bank or consulate does, so ask first.
Remote online notarizationThe practical test is the receiving party: registries of deeds, probate courts, foreign consulates and lenders each have their own rules on electronic notarization, and the party accepting your document decides, not the notary. When in doubt, a mobile visit with ink and an embossed seal is accepted everywhere. For a longer comparison, read mobile notary versus online notary in Massachusetts.
Mobile notary FAQ
Do you provide witnesses?
No. We do not provide, bring or arrange witnesses under any circumstances. If your will, health care proxy or other document requires witnesses, you arrange qualified adults before the appointment, and they must be present with valid photo ID when the notary arrives.
How quickly can a mobile notary reach me in Massachusetts?
Scheduled appointments are kept at the agreed time. Same-day requests are often filled with two to four hours of notice depending on the day’s route and your distance from Tewksbury, and after-hours visits are available by confirmation. Call (978) 424-4629 and we will tell you honestly what is possible that day.
What ID do I need for a mobile notary appointment?
Bring a current, unexpired government-issued photo ID such as a Massachusetts driver’s license, state ID card, U.S. passport or military ID. The name on the ID must match the name on the document, and expired identification cannot be accepted no matter how recently it expired. Every signer needs their own ID.
How much does a mobile notary cost near Boston?
Boston, Cambridge, Newton and the other Zone 3 communities start at $250 per visit, which includes travel, one notarial seal and 15 minutes of service. Closer to our Tewksbury base, Zone 2 towns such as Lowell, Andover and Burlington start at $179 and Zone 1 starts at $125. Extra seals, additional signers and after-hours visits are quoted before we dispatch.
Can a mobile notary come to a hospital or nursing home?
Yes. Bedside notarizations at hospitals, rehabilitation centers, nursing homes and assisted living facilities are a regular part of our practice, and Zone 3 pricing already includes facility visits. We coordinate with nursing staff, follow visitor rules and will not notarize if the patient cannot demonstrate awareness of what they are signing.
Can you notarize a will or health care proxy?
We can notarize the self-proving affidavit attached to a Massachusetts will and can notarize a health care proxy if you want a notarial certificate on it. Both documents also require witnesses under Massachusetts law, typically two adults who are not beneficiaries or the named agent, and you must arrange those witnesses yourself.
Can a mobile notary handle my mortgage closing?
In Massachusetts a mortgage closing must be conducted by a licensed attorney. We serve as the NNA Certified Loan Signing Agent who travels to the borrower, notarizes the signature pages and returns the package the same day, working under the direction of the closing attorney, title company or lender.
Do you notarize documents written in Arabic or French?
Yes. Hanson Webb is fluent in English, Arabic and French and can notarize documents in any of the three without a translator, verifying your understanding in the language of the document. Mention the language when you book so the appointment is scheduled with Hanson personally.
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