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A notary can help you with the notarization—but there are important limits to what a notary can explain, prepare, or advise. Learn what Arizona notaries can and cannot do.

Notaries play a critical role in protecting the integrity of your important documents by verifying identities, witnessing signatures, and administering oaths.

You have probably seen a notary's seal stamped onto an important document. But what does a notary actually do?

In Arizona, a Notary Public is a public officer commissioned by the Arizona Secretary of State to perform notarial acts. A notary serves as an impartial witness in certain document transactions and helps deter fraud by following specific identification, witnessing, recordkeeping, and procedural requirements.

In simple terms:

A notary helps establish that the person appearing before the notary is who they claim to be and that the required notarial act was properly performed.