NotaryOT Academy

Become a notary. OT will teach you.

Lessons under eight minutes. A signer who talks back. Timed exam gauntlets, scored by domain.

Start the Launchpad — $49

California requires a six-hour course of study from a state-approved vendor before you can take the exam. NotaryOT Academy is exam preparation and career training — it is not that course.

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Start the Launchpad — $49

California requires a six-hour course of study from a state-approved vendor before you can take the exam. NotaryOT Academy is exam preparation and career training — it is not that course.

10modules
<8 minper lesson
300practice questions
§every rule cited to its source

01How OT teaches

Watch it. Practice it. Prove it.

Watch

OT teaches it on stage

Drawn, spoken and captioned. Under eight minutes.

Practice

A signer who talks back

Graded on composure, procedure and the law.

Prove

Timed Exam Gauntlet

Scored by exam domain, so you see where to study.

Start here

CA Commission Launchpad

$49

  • 10 modules on the stage
  • Timed exam gauntlets
  • Practice signings
  • A review deck that remembers
Start the Launchpad

Just the exam practice

Exam Simulator

$29 for 12 months

Timed practice exams, with a placement diagnostic and a by-domain reading of where you stand.

Get the SimulatorFull curriculum

California requires a six-hour course of study from a state-approved vendor before you can take the exam. NotaryOT Academy is exam preparation and career training — it is not that course.

02Jobs Hub

Every signing. One schedule.

Forward your confirmations. Approve the cards. Catch the duplicates.

Today view · example data
1Forward it
Fwd: Signing confirmationWed 5:30 PM · W Luchessa Ave, Gilroy · refinance

Works with any company that emails you. No passwords.

2It becomes a card you approve

Needs confirming

Loan signing · Ramirez

Date & time
Wed · 5:30 PM
Address
W Luchessa Ave, Gilroy
Fee
Tap to add

Nothing is saved until you confirm. A field we're unsure about is left blank, never guessed.

3Catch the duplicate

Possible duplicate

Already on your schedule$85
This new offer$160

Same closing, shopped to two services. The new offer pays more — take it and decline the other, or counter.

Flagged with its reasons. You decide.

Example data

  • One scheduleEvery appointment, one list.
  • Your day, on your phoneNavigate and call in one tap.
  • Keeps working offlineToday's jobs still load.
  • Your calendar, tooSubscribe from any calendar app.
Open Jobs Hub — free

For commissioned notaries. Connect as many forwarding sources as you like.

03The directory

Six state rosters. One directory.

Built from official Secretary of State rosters, with the source and date on every page.

1,072,524

notary records listed from six Secretary of State rosters

  • CACalifornia
  • TXTexas
  • NYNew York
  • COColorado
  • OROregon
  • DEDelaware
Commissioned in one of these six states? Your listing exists.
Claim it freeNever your street address.

Unclaimed listing

  • Name, commission number, city and county — as the state publishes them
  • Commission status and expiration
  • No photo, services or travel area
  • No booking — signers can't request you by name

Claimed listing

  • Everything the state publishes
  • Your photo, services and travel area
  • Signers can request you by name, if you're listed in Gilroy, Morgan Hill, San Martin or San Jose
  • Never your street address

04Notarize today

Need it notarized today?

Mobile or online. You see every fee before you pay.

  • $15 per signature — the California maximumGov. Code §8211
  • Travel quoted before the notary drivesOur policy
  • Out-of-state online notarizations recognized in CaliforniaGov. Code §8232.1

California remote online notarization is not operative until the Secretary of State certifies its technology project. Online notarizations for California signers are performed by notaries commissioned in other states.

Not sure what you need? Ask OT.

  • NeverTells you which document you need, drafts one, or interprets one. That's your attorney's job.
  • NeverAnswers immigration questions. California law is specific about this, and we follow it.

OT coordinates. Notaries perform.

What it costs in California

A commissioned notary comes to you across our pilot area around Gilroy, Morgan Hill, San Martin and San Jose — home, office, hospital or care facility.

Signatures
1
Notarial fee · 1 × $15up to $15

California maximum per signature · Gov. Code §8211

Travel to youquoted first

Agreed before the notary drives — our policy

Travel and any service fee are itemized before you're committed to anything.

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