Jamaica - Get Notarial Services

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Procedure

Apply In-Person

1. To get your documents notarized by a Notary Public official, you should go to the Notary office. You can view the list of Notary Public Officials through this link: - Notary Public Officials.
2. Prepare the documents you want to notarize.
3. Visit the Notary Public office in your parish submit the document/s you wish to be notarised to the Notary Public official.
4. Pay the required fees and obtain the payment receipt.
5. The Notary Public official will verify your document/s.
6. Then you will sign the document/s in the presence of the official.
7. Upon singing the document/s the Notary Public will notarize the document/s by stamping it with an official notary stamp and affixing his/her signature on the document/s.

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Required Documents

• Document/s to be notarized.
• Identification document.

Office Locations & Contacts

The Office of The Governor-General
King’s House
Address: Hope Road, Kingston 6,
Jamaica W.I.,
Telephone: (876) 927-6424
Fax: 927-4561 (Governor General’s Secretary)
E-mail Address: [email protected]
- Contact details
- List of Notary Public officials in Jamaica

Eligibility

• Any person of legal age who want their document/s to be notarized

Fees

• Link - Notary fees details]

Validity

• Notarized documents are valid forever.

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Processing Time

• The application is processed within one day.

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Instructions

• A Notary Public is an Attorney at Law with a standing of at least ten years.  A Notary Public Official is authorized to authenticate contracts, acknowledge deeds, take affidavits, protest bills of exchange, and take depositions.

Required Information

• Name.
• Address.
• Contact information.
• Signature.

Need for the Document

• A Notarized document proves that the document is authentic.

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Other uses of the Document/Certificate

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e.g. Birth Certificate can be used as proof of identity.

External Links

• - Ministry of Justice

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