Fee calculator · Delaware
The Delaware notary fee calculator. The fee follows the record, not the ceremony.
Delaware prices by what's being notarized — a paper record or an electronic one — not by whether you met in person. Run the number, then the three rules. Not in Delaware? Pick your state →
Delaware Fee Calculator
Paper or electronic. The medium sets the price.
A paper document notarized over video is still the paper fee. An electronic record signed face to face is still the electronic fee. So this form never asks how the notarization happened — it asks what's in front of you.
What's in front of you
The fee follows the record's medium — so this form never asks how you met.
Paper records
1 × $5 each · 29 Del. C. §4311(a), (d)
Electronic records
0 × $25 each · 29 Del. C. §4311(b), (c)
The two lines stay separate because the law's split is the point. Travel is separate and never computed here. Quoting and agreeing it before the drive is our policy.
The three rules
Every Delaware quote, explained in three cards.
Capped by law
$5 /paper act
The maximum for a notarial act on a tangible record — and certifying a copy is itself a chargeable act at the same rate. A notary may waive any fee entirely.
§ 29 Del. C. §4311(a), (d)
Electronic record
$25 /act
The cap for an act on an electronic record, keyed to the record's medium rather than to how the ceremony happened. Overcharging here is serious: the Secretary of State may revoke the commission and bar reappointment for two years.
§ 29 Del. C. §4311(b), (c)
Travel
No rate set
Delaware law doesn't set a travel fee at all. The Department of State tells notaries to give you an itemized fee list before they travel — that's the state's recommendation, not a requirement.
§ 29 Del. C. §4311; Delaware DOS Notary Public Section
For notaries
Quote it right, then record it right.
What Delaware records
Delaware notaries keep one journal of every act, written at the time and kept ten years.
One journal covers both paper and electronic acts, it records the fee charged, and it stays under the notary's exclusive control — it isn't public.
Your fee menu
Statutory maximums on common Delaware appointments.
Capped portion only — Delaware sets no travel rate. A notary may waive any fee entirely.
Questions, answered
Before you book.
Why doesn't this form ask if I'm meeting online?
Because Delaware doesn't price it that way. The fee follows the record's medium: a paper document notarized over video is still $5, and an electronic record signed face to face is still capped at $25.
§ 29 Del. C. §4311(b), (c)
Should mine have been free?
It must be, if it's for a service member, a veteran, or their family and the papers are required by the Veterans Administration or connected to military service. That's narrow — it covers those papers, not every document a veteran happens to sign.
§ 29 Del. C. §4312
Can a Delaware notary charge me for travel?
Delaware sets no travel rate at all. The Department of State recommends that notaries give you an itemized fee list before they travel, but that's guidance rather than a requirement — so agree the amount in advance.
§ 29 Del. C. §4311; Delaware DOS Notary Public Section
I think I was overcharged. What do I do?
Complaints go to the Notary Public Section in writing — they can't be anonymous — and it's the Governor who can revoke a Delaware commission. Delaware says it plainly: if what happened was a criminal act like fraud or forgery, contact law enforcement. Overcharging itself can cost a notary the commission and bar reappointment for two years.
§ 29 Del. C. §4334
Is this legal advice? Which document do I need?
No, and we can't tell you — that's a legal question, and notaries aren't attorneys. This is arithmetic on a published fee cap with the statute cited beside it, nothing more.
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