Become a notary in Maine

Where to register

Applications go to the Maine Secretary of State. Open their page for the current application, not a StampSide form.

• Commissioning page

  Maine Secretary of State

  https://www1.maine.gov/sos/corporations-commissions/notary-public

• Official lookup

  Official lookup for commissioned notaries in Maine.

  https://apps1.web.maine.gov/cgi-bin/online/notary/search/search_index.pl

Requirements

What the official page states. If a topic is missing here, that page did not spell it out.

Application

New applicants complete the most recent Application for a Notary Public Commission and deliver it to the Secretary of State.

How to get started

1. 01

   Download the current application

   Maine links a new Notary Public Application (PDF) and a credit-card voucher from the apply/renew page.

2. 02

   Renewals: print, take the oath, mail

   Renewals are processed online, then you print, appear before a Dedimus Justice for the oath, and mail the signed exam and oath. Use the confirmation email if the forms did not print.

3. 03

   Register on StampSide

   After you use the Maine Secretary of State site, create a public page: photo, where you work, and how clients reach you. You can appear in the Maine directory. The page stays unpublished until a commission is on file.

Tools after you apply

Official pages and named suppliers already listed in this product. Checkout is on their site — StampSide does not sell stamps.

• Supplies

  After you are commissioned, use a named supplier for a Maine-specific seal.

  StampSide supplies list

• More suppliers

  Notary Rotary, Notary.net, and the National Notary Association are on the supplies list. State-specific seals only.

  StampSide supplies list

More official pages

• Apply or renew a Maine notary

Remote / electronic notarization

Maine has a separate apply-to-be-a-remote-electronic-notary page.