Selling a home and notarizing documents

[sebTeggy]

Hey guys,

I am selling my home and my closing date is coming up pretty soon. This is for a property in Ontario. This is my first experience with selling a home in another province and would love some advice from people with similar experiences. My lawyer mentioned a few months ago about getting documents notarized and I just want to make sure I have all my ducks in a row before the closing date, plus she is on Vacation and I can't get a response from her until monday.

I am assuming she meant the following (and please correct me if I am wrong)

- she preps the bundle of documents
- sends it to a notary of MY choice
- I pay the notary, I sign it, they stamp it
- return it to her?

If this is the case, does anyone know of any cheap notaries? Called a place in Surrey and they wanted

"not sure, between 150$ to 200$"....




I immediately hung up. If they were a real professional office they would know their prices, but instead they talked to me like a car mechanic does. Also, are there any free notaries owned by the city or ones that are open late? All of the notaries I saw were open only until 4:00-4:30. I work in Surrey (84/128) and live beside Coquitlam Center

Thanks guys

[highres604]

selling a home and worried about 150-200$..

insert same gif as above only larger....

[CCA-Dave]

"not sure, between 150$ to 200$"....

Completely normal. A notary typically charges a per-document or per page fee. Since they are confirming and certifying the documents are legit, the time required may change. How prepared you come, and your identifying documentation, also matters into the time it takes. You could arrive well organized with everything ready to go, or you could show up with a stack of unorganized papers and no idea what you need the Notary to do.

So a range, if you understand what they're doing, is a reasonable answer.

-Dave

[Nssan]

There are different types of services notaries offer. If its just a witness to signing a document then, it could be $50 or $100.

But real estate conveyancing includes dealing with multiple parties, and making sure all the docs are correct, then it would be more. I know when I did mine it was about $500 to $750