Hi, I'm Justin Smiley

Why evenings and weekends

I'll be straight with you, because it shapes the whole service: I have a full-time job. I'm a bookkeeper and an Enrolled Agent, and I work in leadership at a community college. Notary work happens after hours.

That suits most people better than you'd think. The ones who need a notary urgently are usually the ones who can't leave work to go find one. Banks, shipping stores and most mobile notaries all keep the same nine-to-five their customers do. Evenings and Saturdays are when the need actually shows up.

What the day job has to do with it

More than you'd expect. An Enrolled Agent is licensed by the Treasury and admitted to practice before the IRS. It means I'm already held to a federal standard of competence and ethics, and I keep it current with continuing education. As a bookkeeper I handle other people's financial records for a living.

So sensitive paperwork, careful recordkeeping, and knowing where the line sits between "I can help with that" and "you need a licensed professional" aren't new to me. That's the job I already do.

How I work

You get a firm price before anything is booked. State law sets the per-signature fee. The travel fee depends on distance and time of day. Both are published on this site, quoted together up front, and neither one changes at the table.

I turn up prepared. Journal, seal, spare pens, and a plan for the ID check. Being prepared is most of what separates a twenty-minute signing from a two-hour one.

I tell you when something's wrong. If your ID won't work, if the name doesn't match, if the document is missing its notarial certificate, you'll hear it straight away. A notarization that shouldn't have happened costs a lot more than a rescheduled appointment.

What I won't do

A notary public isn't an attorney. I can't tell you which form to use, draft language for you, explain what a clause means, or advise you on whether to sign. Being an Enrolled Agent doesn't change that. It's a tax credential, not a legal one, and it doesn't extend to the documents I notarize.

When a question crosses that line I'll say so and point you toward someone qualified, rather than guess.