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Blogger Tom Carroll was amazed by his first trip to a notary in the UK. Prepare yourself – and your wallet – for a real spectacle.Getting something notarised in the US is virtually a non-event. Notary publics are everywhere, and often people in your very office have their notary license and can happily notarise documents for you for a modest fee (last I saw it was around USD 15 or so).
So it was a bit of a shock the first time we had to have a document notarised here, something like seven or eight years ago. It was a document having to do with the sale of our house back in Chicago, and they needed a notarised hard copy of this closing document couriered to them.
So the first surprise came when we attempted to find a notary; they aren't as common here as they are in the US. It seems to be a bit more of a specialised service.
The second surprise was the fee: GBP 75 for the magic stamp. We had it done at a solicitor's office as that was the most convenient place to where we lived, so perhaps it was a bit pricey, but a current Google search of UK notaries yields services with fees ranging from GBP 60 to GBP 250.
Tom Carroll is from Chicago and has been living in the UK on and off since late 2000. He lives on his farm between London and Cambridge, with his wife, son, two cats and a garden full of chickens. Tom is a software architect/developer, expat, family man, cultural observer and a ‘curser of garden weeds’. Read more from Tom at The Transplanted Yankee.
I can't believe how expensive it is in the UK! Generally in the US, to get something notarized is really only 5 USD. I can't believe you had to pay SO much!
-Kelly
http://www.getsmartnotary.com
Try Mark Kober-Smith. 6 Carlos Place London, W1K 3AP
Tel 020 7499 2605
email notary@notarypublicinlondon.com
or www. notarypublicinlondon.com
Reasonable pricing, very professional service. That is what they do best.
I can't believe how expensive it is in the UK! Generally in the US, to get something notarized is really only 5 USD. I can't believe you had to pay SO much!
-Kelly
http://www.getsmartnotary.com
Try Mark Kober-Smith. 6 Carlos Place London, W1K 3AP
Tel 020 7499 2605
email notary@notarypublicinlondon.com
or www. notarypublicinlondon.com
Reasonable pricing, very professional service. That is what they do best.
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