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Phone: (214)945-3660
Email: dj@steadynotary.com




YOUR MOBILE NOTARY
REMOTE ONLINE NOTARY &
CERTIFIED SIGNING AGENT

Your Trusted Notary in Plano, TX.  NNA Certified and  Background Screened & Insured. Business Professional specializing in providing effective problem solving solutions for my clients. Over 25 years in Corporate Business to Business Sales, Project Management and Entrepreneurship. My clients benefit from my varied business experience.    

One of my favorite things is being a “Papa” to my six grand children. Faith and family are two of the most important things that define who I am. 

It is my goal to provide my clients with prompt and professional service. Let Steady Notary take are of all of your Notarial needs.     

Darryl J. Jones - Notary Public

The Notary Process

Step 1

Contact Steady Notary at (214)945-3660. Please advise documents, document signer and have a valid ID of signer. Schedule place and convenient time to meet.

Step 2 

Print and complete your documents – except signatures. Personally appear and carry State Issued ID for signers/s as well as for witnesses. Bring originals if applicable. (Does not apply for Remote Online Notary).

Step 3 

Meet at scheduled time and location. Present your valid ID and Documents. Sign documents as required. Make payment via Zelle, Venmo or Cash. 

Authorized Duties of a Notary in Texas

A Texas notary is a public officer appointed by the Texas Secretary of State to serve the public as an impartial witness to signing of documents. Having a document notarized by a Texas notary protects the integrity of the transaction. For example, properly notarized documents can bind individuals to an agreement indefinitely, make reliable a last testament for an estate worth millions of dollars, settle ownership disputes of real property, or protect individuals from fraudulent transactions.

A Texas notary public should perform notarial acts only within the authorized duties allowed by Texas notary statutes and administrative rules. To become a Texas notary, it is vital to familiarize yourself with these authorized duties in order to avoid civil and criminal lawsuits and administrative actions by the Secretary of State that result in revocation or suspension of your notary commission.

Under Texas Administrative Code 406.106, there are five authorized duties a Texas notary public can perform within the geographic boundaries of the state of Texas, namely:

  1. Taking acknowledgments or proofs of written instruments

  2. Administering oaths and affirmations

  3. Taking depositions

  4. Certifying copies of documents not recordable in the public records

  5. Protesting instruments

A Texas notary public can perform these authorized duties both in traditional notarizations and remote online notarizations.

Prohibited Acts by a Notary in Texas

If a notary public performs any of the following acts, the notary may be subject to possible criminal prosecution, civil liability, including liability under the Deceptive Trade Practices Act, and the revocation or suspension of the notary’s notary public commission. (According to the Texas Secretary of State Office)

A notary public may not:

  1. Perform acts, which constitute the practice of law;
  2. Prepare, draft, select, or give advice concerning legal documents;
  3. Use the phrase “notario” or “notario publico” to advertise notary services;
  4. Overcharge for notary public services;
  5. Notarize a document without the signer being in the notary’s presence;
  6. Notarize the notary’s own signature;
  7. Issue identification cards;
  8. Sign a notarial certificate under any other name than the one under which the notary was commissioned;
  9. Certify copies of documents recordable in the public records;
  10. Record in the notary’s record book the identification number and/or state that was assigned by the governmental agency or by the United States to the signer, granter or maker and that is set forth on an identification card or passport; or any other number that could be used to identify the signor, grantor or maker of the document. (This does not prohibit a notary from recording a number related to the residence or alleged residence of the signer, granter or maker of the document or the instrument.);
  11. Using the translation into a foreign language of a title or other word, including “notary” and “notary public” in reference to a person who is not an attorney in order to imply that the person is authorized to practice law in the United States.
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