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Delaware Notary Fees
I'm a Notary in the State of Delaware, What Fees Can I Charge?Published August 19, 2026
Fees for Services
A Delaware notary may charge up to $5 for each notarial act with respect to a tangible record (document), and up to $25 for each notarial act with respect to an electronic record. Some Delaware notaries are prohibited from charging fees (see below).
Special Notary Fee Provisions
Delaware notaries for certain service organizations and limited governmental notaries may not charge a fee for their services. No notary public or other person authorized under Delaware law to take acknowledgments or administer oaths or affirmations may charge any fee to any person serving in the Armed Forces of the United States. As their title suggests, Delaware limited governmental notaries’ powers are narrow in scope. They may perform only the notarial acts established by the individual notary's state governmental agency or unit or qualified police agency. Limited governmental notaries may not charge fees for their services.
Delaware notaries may not charge a fee to a war veteran, a widow, widower, child, parent, or other relative of any person in the U. S. Armed Forces for taking an acknowledgment or oath/affirmation in connection with any paper(s) required to be executed by the Veterans Administration or in support of any claim or other papers connected with or referring to the service of any male or female now serving, or who, in the past, has served in the Armed Forces of the United States. Notaries violating this provision will be fined; failure to pay the fine can result in imprisonment for up to 5 days. (Delaware justices of the peace have jurisdiction over the offenses described in 29 Delaware Code §4312.)
Delaware’s Motor Vehicles Code (law) limits the fees a notary public may charge for the notarizations related to an applicant’s registration and titling of a motor vehicle and the necessary operator’s license, to no more than 50 cents for the notary’s first certification, and 25 cents for each additional certification.
Travel and Other Fees
Notaries providing their services can incur additional expenses, such as the added cost of traveling to perform a notarization. Delaware law does not address fees a notary may charge for travel related to a notarial act, but the national norm is the maximum-per-mile rate established annually by the Internal Revenue Service for business use of a vehicle. (Visit https://www.irs.gov/tax-professionals/standard-mileage-rates.)
When you wish to charge a fee, give customers your fee list before performing the service or traveling to perform the service. Your fee list should itemize the exact fee for a notarial act, separately from any other fees. This can prevent a controversy or complaint from arising later. A correct, itemized statement of your fees should make clear that you are not charging more than is allowed by Delaware law for performing a notarial act.
Fees that you collect must also be reported as income to the IRS. The notary journal (recordbook) is an easy way to track your notary fees—just record the notarial act fee, and/or other fees if applicable, in each journal (recordbook ) entry. Refer back to your journal records when compiling your annual tax return information. To learn more about reporting requirements for your notary fees, talk to a tax advisor. You will also find information on the Internal Revenue Service’s website, www.irs.gov.
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