[blindlaw] Visually impaired notaries?

[rodalcidonis at gmail.com]

I would first check if as an attorney your state does not authorize you to 
notarize documents. Some of them do. Secondly, the cost to become a notary, 
at least in Pennsylvania, was about $400 or less for me. I had to take a 
similar approach with my long-time assistant a few years ago. I paid for her 
to obtain her license and kit so we could notarize documents in house.



-----Original Message----- 
From: S    usan Kelly via BlindLaw
Sent: Monday, June 25, 2018 9:11 PM
To: Blind Law Mailing List
Cc: Susan Kelly
Subject: [blindlaw] Visually impaired notaries?

As a public defender in Juvenile Court, one of my many tasks is handling 
applications for Destruction of Records and restoration of civil rights, 
where a felony adjudication was involved.  This requires the applicants’ 
signatures to be notarized.

Because of unfortunate staffing circumstances in our office, and my very 
hectic court schedule, it has become difficult to set appointments with 
applicants when an office notary is available, and the office cannot afford 
to pay for my ADA assistant or secretary to o come a notary.  I am at the 
point where I feel I should seek to become registered as a not notary at my 
own expense - but, being blind, I can’t visually check IDs,  or visually 
witness the signature.

Does anyone know if blind / severely visually impaired persons can become 
notaries?

Susan C L Kelly
Assistant Public Defender
Pima County Public Defenders Office - Juvenile DIvision
Ofc: 520-724-2994
Fax: 520-770-4168
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