Notary seal maker, and a custom notary embosser design
Design the seal with your name, your commission number and its expiry, then check the exact format your commissioning authority requires before you use it.
Notary seal maker, and a custom notary embosser design templates, ready to edit
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A notary seal is the one stamp on this site where the wording is not a design choice. Almost every jurisdiction specifies what has to appear on it, often down to the order of the lines and the minimum size, and a seal that does not match is a seal that gets a document rejected. So this page is a designer with a warning attached: build it here, and confirm the format against your own commissioning authority before it goes near a notarised document.
What you get
- The four elements most jurisdictions ask for: name as commissioned, the title, the jurisdiction and the commission number.
- The expiry date of the commission, which many states require on the seal itself.
- Round, oval or rectangular, because which one is acceptable depends on where you are commissioned.
- An embosser look for the seal that is pressed rather than inked.
- Saved and editable, so a renewed commission is an edit rather than a new seal.
How to make it
- Open the stamp maker and pick a shape, or start from a template.
- Type your wording, then set the colour, border and size.
- Add the date, time, serial number or logo, and position each one.
- Preview it live, then download. Designing and previewing are free.
Questions
Must a notary use a seal?
In most US states, yes, and the state sets what the seal must contain and sometimes its shape and size. A few jurisdictions allow a typed or written statement instead. Because the rules differ and change, the format has to be confirmed with your own commissioning authority rather than taken from any tool.
Can a notary seal be electronic?
Many jurisdictions now allow an electronic seal, often under specific rules about the technology, the journal and identity verification, and sometimes only for registered electronic or remote online notaries. Whether yours does, and on what conditions, is a question for your commissioning authority.
What is a notary embosser?
A handheld press that raises an impression in the paper rather than printing ink. Some jurisdictions require an inked seal because an embossed one does not photocopy; some require the embosser; some accept either. The design here can be drawn as an embossed impression when that is what you need.
What goes on the seal?
Typically the notary name exactly as commissioned, the words Notary Public, the commissioning state or county, the commission number and often the expiry date. The exact list is set by the jurisdiction.
Can I use this on a document today?
You can design it and download it today. Whether you may apply it to a notarised act is governed by your commission, not by this tool, and using a seal that does not meet the requirements can invalidate the notarisation.
What goes on a notary seal?
Typically the notary name exactly as commissioned, the words Notary Public, the commissioning state or county, the commission number, and often the expiry date. The exact list, and sometimes the shape and minimum size, are set by the commissioning authority rather than by convention.
Estamplab is a design tool. This page describes common commercial practice rather than giving legal, tax or financial advice, and practice changes. Where a specific document matters, check the requirement with the body receiving it. Only produce a mark your own organisation or your own credentials are entitled to use.