Notary Public in Tewksbury and Lowell, Massachusetts

How a notary appointment works at 1215 Main St

You call and we quote. Then you come in with ID and an unsigned document, and most people are back in the car within fifteen minutes. The steps below are where appointments tend to go wrong.

1. Describe the document on the phone or in the booking form

   Tell us what the document is and where it’s headed. A power of attorney for a bank in Lowell needs different attention than a school form. If the court or lender sent instructions, read them to us. Two minutes on the phone saves most second trips.

2. Get a written quote and a confirmed time

   In-office work is $45 per notarial act. Mobile visits are a flat zone rate quoted before we leave the office. You’ll get the number in writing, and the number we quote is the number you pay. Office appointments run Monday to Friday, 10 AM to 5 PM. Weekend requests are mobile only and carry a surcharge.

3. Bring valid government photo ID and the whole document

   A current driver’s license, state ID, passport or military ID works. Every signer needs one. Bring every page, including exhibits and the instruction sheet nobody reads. Leave the signature line blank unless the receiving agency told you otherwise, because most acts must be signed in front of the notary.

4. Sign in front of the notary

   We check that you are who the ID says and that you understand the document. Then we watch you sign. For a jurat you swear the contents are true. For an acknowledgment you confirm the signature is yours. The act is then recorded in the notary journal, which Massachusetts requires under M.G.L. c. 222 § 22.

5. Leave with the certificate completed

   The notarial certificate is filled in and stamped before you stand up. If the document is headed abroad, we’ll tell you right then whether it also needs an apostille, and we can start that process in the same visit.

Say a Tewksbury couple sells a car privately and brings in the title and a bill of sale on a Wednesday afternoon. Both names are on the title, so both sign. That’s two acts and two IDs, with a journal entry for each. They’re back on Route 38 in under twenty minutes with paperwork the RMV will accept.

Notary public Tewksbury MA pricing: in-office versus mobile

Every price on this site comes from one published list, and the full tables with worked examples live on the notary pricing page. The summary below is what most people need to decide between driving to us and having us drive to them.

Hospital, multi-document and recurring appointments are quoted individually, because a sixty-page refinance at a kitchen table in Dracut is not the same job as one healthcare proxy. Witnesses are available on request. Say so when you book so we can arrange them.

Notary near me: Tewksbury, Lowell and the Merrimack Valley

The office sits on Main Street (Route 38) in Tewksbury, a few minutes south of the Lowell line and close to the I-495 and I-93 interchanges. From downtown Lowell it is about 3 miles down Route 38, past the Lowell Connector. From Boston it is roughly 20 minutes up I-93 outside rush hour. Parking is right outside the door.

Tewksbury. Most in-office work comes from Tewksbury itself. Some of it is families from around the Town Common and Town Hall on Main Street. A good share comes from the Tewksbury State Hospital campus, and from North Tewksbury, South Tewksbury and Wamesit. The Tewksbury notary page has directions and the local documents we see most, including RMV affidavits and 6D certificates for condo sales.

Lowell. Lowell sends us court paperwork from the Superior and District Courts and deeds headed to the Middlesex North Registry of Deeds on Gorham Street. A lot of immigration and naturalization work comes from the city’s Cambodian, Brazilian, Portuguese, Dominican and West African families. Students bring paperwork from UMass Lowell and Middlesex Community College. Mobile visits to Lowell General Hospital, both the Main campus and the Saints campus, fall in Zone II. The Lowell notary page covers neighborhoods from the Acre to Belvidere with driving times.

Mobile zones cover the towns below. The linked town pages have local pricing and directions, and the rest are quoted by zone when you call.

• Andover
• Billerica
• Chelmsford
• Dracut
• Wilmington
• Lawrence
• Methuen
• Haverhill
• Boston and inside 128
• All locations

Who books a Massachusetts notary public here

Six kinds of clients make up most of the calendar. If you recognize yourself in one of them, the linked page will save you a phone call. If you don’t, the phone call is short.

Families with one document and a deadline

A minor travel consent before school vacation, a vehicle title after a private sale, an RMV affidavit of correction, a permission slip for a school trip abroad. These are $45 in-office jobs, and they are the reason the office keeps appointment slots open every weekday. Bring both parents when the form asks for both signatures. If a form needs witnesses, we’ll tell you when you book, not when you arrive.

Seniors, and families at a hospital bedside

Healthcare proxies and powers of attorney often get signed in a room at Lowell General Hospital or in a senior community in Andover or Billerica rather than at a desk. So do a fair number of wills. We bring the journal and the stamp. Ask ahead and we bring two eligible witnesses too.

We also watch for capacity. If the signer is confused or medicated we stop and reschedule, because a notarization that wouldn’t hold up is worse than none at all. Call ahead with the room number and visiting hours, and we’ll quote the visit before we leave the office.

HR teams and employers

Employers usually call about one of two problems, and we can handle both in one appointment. Remote hires who live in Lowell, Chelmsford or Dracut but work for a company three states away need someone local to complete Section 2 of Form I-9 in person. We act as the employer’s authorized representative and return the completed form the same day. The employer sends the form and its instructions ahead, and the new hire brings original identity documents.

The other problem is CORI forms and fingerprinting for staff and volunteers, which we handle in the same office. Mobile fingerprinting for groups starts at a $295 travel fee plus the per-person rate.

Lenders and title companies

Title companies get an NNA certified signing agent who covers all three zones. We read the closing package page by page with the borrower and scan it back the same afternoon. We keep a checked track record you can verify before the first order. Signings in Boston, Cambridge, Newton and Somerville fall in Zone III, from $278 flat with tolls included.

Immigrants and international families

Lowell and Lawrence families bring documents that are headed out of the country or into a USCIS file: single status affidavits for a wedding in Brazil, powers of attorney for a parent’s property in Lebanon, diplomas for a teaching job in the Gulf, an FBI background check for residency in Portugal. Arabic and French are spoken at the desk, so the appointment itself runs in your language. We then tell you plainly whether the country needs an apostille or full consular legalization, because they are not the same thing and the wrong one gets rejected. For any other language we arrange a certified translation first, so the signer knows exactly what the document says before anything is stamped.

Small businesses and professional offices

Law offices send clients here to execute documents so their own calendars stay clear. Accountants send over corporate resolutions. We also see a steady run of lease affidavits from landlords and lien waivers from contractors. Volume work can be billed to the office directly, and a batch scheduled a day ahead moves faster than a surprise. Send the list of documents ahead and we’ll flag anything that needs a witness or a specific certificate before the day.

A common one: an HR coordinator in Billerica books three I-9 verifications and two CORI forms for new after-school staff in one afternoon slot. Each new hire brings original identity documents. We complete Section 2 on each I-9 and notarize the CORI acknowledgments, and everything goes back by email before five. It’s one quote and one visit.

What to bring to a notary appointment in Massachusetts

Five checks prevent nearly every failed appointment we see. Run through them before you leave the house.

• Current government photo ID for every signer. Driver’s license, state ID card, U.S. or foreign passport, or military ID. An expired license stops the appointment cold. The ID requirements guide covers what to do if your only ID has expired or the name doesn’t match the document.
• The complete document, unsigned. Every page and every exhibit. Most notarial acts require signing in front of the notary, so leave the signature line blank unless the receiving agency told you in writing to sign ahead.
• Any instructions from the court, lender, school or agency. These often specify the type of notarial act or the exact certificate wording. We match them rather than guess.
• Witnesses, or a request for them. Wills, healthcare proxies and some powers of attorney need witnesses who have no interest in the document. Tell us when you book and we arrange them. Family members and beneficiaries usually can’t serve.
• The right people. If a form has two signature lines, both signers need to appear, each with ID. A notary also cannot notarize for a spouse, parent, child or sibling under M.G.L. c. 222 § 16, so if a relative of ours is on the document we’ll tell you and refer you elsewhere.

If you’re unsure about any of the five, call first. Two minutes at 978-424-4629 beats a second appointment, and the questions at the bottom of this page cover the ones we hear most.

Why the same notary since 2007 matters

Massachusetts notaries are commissioned by the Governor for a seven-year term and are governed by M.G.L. c. 222 and Executive Order 455 (04-04). Hanson Webb has held that commission continuously since 2007, renewed each term, with NNA signing agent certification, a surety bond, errors and omissions insurance and a background screening behind it. The credentials page lists each item so a lender or attorney can check before sending a client.

Honestly, the credentials matter less day to day than the journal. Every act since 2007 is recorded, so when a bank or a court calls years later asking whether a signature was really witnessed, the answer is on a numbered page. That record is also why we turn away work sometimes.

A notary who will stamp anything is not doing you a favor. If the ID has expired or the document has blank spaces, we say so and tell you how to fix it. More on the person behind the desk is on the about page.

Questions people ask about notary service in Tewksbury and Lowell