Your mobile notary Questions, Answered

When you need dependable mobile notary services, clear information helps everything go smoothly. This Mobile Notary FAQ page answers common questions about notarization, travel fees, required ID, document types, and what to expect during your appointment. Lyons Notarial Services provides professional mobile notarization for individuals, families, and businesses—bringing notary services directly to your home, office, hospital, jail, or meeting location in Fontana and surrounding areas to ensure your documents are completed correctly and without delays.

  • A mobile notary is a notary public commissioned by the state who travels to your location to notarize documents, saving you time and hassle.

  • Yes. We travel to homes, offices, hospitals, care facilities, jails, detention centers, prisons, and public meeting locations.

  • We serve the Inland Empire, including Riverside County, San Bernardino County, and select East Los Angeles County cities.

  • Yes documents can be emailed to tonia@lyonsnotarialservice.com to be printed for our notary appointment for a fee.

  • California allows up to $15 per notarized signature, plus additional fees such as travel.

  • Yes we provide apostille courier services to the California Secretary of State office in Los Angeles for other notaries who are located in and outside of California for a fee.

  • We accept cash, debit/credit cards, Zelle, Paypal, and Cash App.

  • Bring all signers, yourself, your document and a valid, government-issued photo ID acceptable by the state of California is required under California law. Please contact us for specific questions regarding identification.

  • Generally speaking Yes. All signers must personally appear before the notary.

    There is a rare specific scenario where the signer does not need to appear before the notary. In which case a subscribing witness must appear before the notary.

  • We can notarize documents with an expired ID as long as it was issued less than 5 years prior to the date of the signing appointment.

We proudly provide mobile notary, loan signing, and apostille services throughout the Inland Empire, including Fontana, Riverside, San Bernardino, Ontario, Rancho Cucamonga, Rialto, Redlands, Moreno Valley, Corona, Eastvale, Upland, and surrounding communities. Same-day and emergency notary appointments are available across Riverside County, San Bernardino County, and select East Los Angeles County locations.