Georgia Notary Fee Calculator (2026)

A Georgia notary public may charge no more than $2 for a notarial act, one of the lowest caps in the country, set by O.C.G.A. § 45-17-11. The calculator above returns the statutory maximum for the act and count you choose. Georgia prices an oath, an acknowledgment and any other certificate at the same $2 ceiling, and the figure only rises to a combined $4 when an extra attendance or proof-certification element is added.

What are the maximum notary fees in Georgia?

Under O.C.G.A. § 45-17-11 a Georgia notary may charge up to $2 for administering an oath, up to $2 for attending a person to take proof and certifying it, and up to $2 for executing every other certificate, which covers ordinary acknowledgments and jurats. The statute also sets a combined maximum of $4 for any single service. In practice the cap on an ordinary notarial act is $2; it only reaches $4 when the additional attendance or proof-certification component applies on top of the basic act. There is no per-signature or additional-name charge, so the fee does not climb with the number of signatures on one certificate.

Are these fixed prices or ceilings?

They are ceilings, not fixed prices. A Georgia notary may charge less than $2, or charge nothing at all. Many Georgia notaries waive the fee entirely because $2 is so low. The figure is simply the most a notary is allowed to bill for the act, and the combined $4 is the most for a single service that includes the extra proof-certification step.

Does Georgia allow online notarization, and is there a fee cap?

Georgia does not currently authorize Georgia-commissioned notaries to perform remote online notarization for the general public, so there is no separate Georgia RON fee to quote. The $2 and $4 figures in O.C.G.A. § 45-17-11 apply to traditional notarial acts. Proposals to authorize permanent RON in Georgia have been considered, but a bill that has not become law does not set a fee, so this calculator does not show a Georgia online figure. If Georgia enacts a permanent RON framework with its own fee, that figure would be added here.

Can a Georgia notary charge for travel, and what happens if a notary overcharges?

Travel and other convenience services are separate from the notarial fee. O.C.G.A. § 45-17-11 caps only the notarial act, so a mobile or traveling Georgia notary who charges for travel is charging for a non-notarial service the statute does not set. Any travel or convenience fee should be disclosed and agreed with the customer in advance and kept separate from the capped notarial fee. Charging more than the statutory maximum is improper and is a basis for action by the clerk of superior court and the Georgia Superior Court Clerks' Cooperative Authority, which oversee notaries in Georgia. When in doubt, charge at or below the cap and give a receipt.

• The $2 cap under O.C.G.A. § 45-17-11 is per notarial act, not per signature.
• A single service reaches at most $4 when an attendance or proof-certification element is added.
• Georgia notaries are not generally authorized to perform remote online notarization, so there is no Georgia RON fee.
• Travel and convenience fees are not notarial fees and are not capped, so disclose and agree them in advance.