Frequently Asked Questions

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No. Connecticut notary law specifically prohibits anyone other than a town clerk/registrar of vital statistics or the Commissioner of Public Health from preparing certified copies of certificates of birth, marriage, death or fetal death. To obtain certified copies of vital records such as certificates of birth, death and marriage, please contact your Town Clerk or the Department of Public Health, Vital Records Unit.

Please note: We cannot certify public records. Public records are: certificates of birth, death, fetal death, marriage, court certified documents such as judgments, certain town records and certain immigration and naturalization documents.

No. According to Connecticut state notary law,  if the instrument is blank, the notary may and should refuse to perform the notarial act. 

A notary must always witness a signature on a document. The signature cannot be a photocopy and the signer MUST always appear in person. 

Yes. When notaries notarize, we identify the signer of the document and ensure that their signature is genuine, and that its signer acted without duress or intimidation. Therefore, once the signer is physically present in the state of Connecticut, the document can be notarized by a Connecticut notary.

DRIVER LICENSE:

• A valid, unexpired Driver License issued by Connecticut Department of Motor Vehicles.
• A valid,  unexpired Driver License issued by another state, a territory of the United States,  Canada or Mexico.

PASSPORT:

• Unexpired Passport issued by the U.S Department of State.
• Unexpired Passport issued by a foreign government.

IDENTIFICATION CARDS:

• A valid, unexpired ID issued by the Connecticut Department of Motor Vehicles.
• A valid, unexpired ID issued by a territory of the United States or a state other than Connecticut.
• Issued by any branch of the U.S. armed forces 
• Issued by the US Department of Veterans Affairs
• Issued by the U.S. Department of Justice, Immigration and Naturalization Service, "Resident Alien", Form I-551.

• Inmate ID issued by the State Department of Corrections or Federal Bureau of Prisons, if the inmate is in state or federal custody. 
• Inmate ID issued by a county sheriff, if the inmate is in the custody of the county sheriff