Notary Services

Complimentary notary services for residents of West Linn is available by appointment, 10am to 4:30pm, Monday through Friday. To request an appointment, please fill out the form once you have read the Essential Information below.

Please note: It may take up to 24 hours (Monday-Friday) to receive confirmation for appointments.

If you are unable to submit appointment requests via webform, please call 503-656-7853.

There may be times when notarizations can be done on a drop-in basis during the hours listed above, but our notaries are often helping other patrons or busy with other responsibilities, so we strongly encourage you to make an appointment.

Essential Information:

  • Valid government-issued photo identification is required along with proof of West Linn address.
  • The library cannot notarize deeds, mortgages, wills, powers of attorney, advance directives, living wills, living trusts, codicils, depositions, or anything related to real estate transactions.
  • Notaries cannot make copies, or certify to copies, of public records. This includes birth or death certificates and marriage or divorce decrees.
  • Notaries cannot pre-date or post-date an action, prepare a legal document or give advice on legal matters, or notarize documents in which they have a personal interest.
  • Due to time constraints, we can notarize up to a total of three documents.  
  • The library will not provide witnesses, and witnesses may not be solicited from patrons using the library.  In order to serve as a witness, the witness must personally know the person whose document is being notarized and must be in possession of valid photo identification.
  • Since notaries must be able to read and understand what they have been asked to notarize, documents in any language other than English will not be notarized at the library.
  • Certain public documents cannot be copied and notarized. Examples are: birth certificates, death certificates, and marriage certificates.
  • Notaries will not provide service if the customer, document or circumstances of the request for notary service raise any issue of authenticity, ambiguity, doubt or uncertainty for the library. In this event, the library notary may, at their sole discretion, decline to provide notary service.

If the library is unable to notarize your document, you may want to check with the following local options:

If you provide notary services in West Linn and you would like to be listed here, please contact notary@westlinnoregon.gov
 

Request a notary appointment here:

Are you a resident of West Linn? *
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Preferred date (second choice). Available hours are 10am to 4:30pm, Monday through Friday.
Preferred time (second choice). Available hours are 10am to 4:30pm, Monday through Friday.
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Preferred date (third choice). Available hours are 10am to 4:30pm, Monday through Friday.
Preferred time (third choice). Available hours are 10am to 4:30pm, Monday through Friday.
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I have read the Essential Information above and understand the limitations and requirements of using a notary service. *
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