This page is a notary scorecard. It is not a mailbox directory. Form 1583 is the Postal Service form you sign so a mailbox store can receive your mail. It appears here because mailbox signup is a common reason a New Hampshire owner needs a notary. The form is the use-case. The mailbox store is someone else’s product.
This page is not legal advice. An in-state commission is a notary license from New Hampshire. A New Hampshire-commissioned notary may perform remote online notarization, which is an electronic session, after notice to the Secretary of State under RSA 456-B:6-a. The remote page says this work has been authorized since February 6, 2022. The notary must be physically in New Hampshire. The signer may be in New Hampshire, elsewhere in the United States, or outside the United States if the record meets section 6-a. RSA 455:11 prints up to $10 for an ordinary act and $25 for a remote act. The Notary Public fees section prints only the $10 line. The notice form prints a $25 ceiling for an electronic or remote act that uses audio-visual communication technology. RSA 455:1 prints a five-year term. RSA 5:10 prints a $75 commission fee. RSA 455 does not require a surety bond. The remote FAQ says separate errors-and-omissions insurance is not required. The audio-visual recording is kept at least 10 years. The journal for a remote act is kept 10 years after the last act in it. The provider spreadsheet names NotaryLive and Proof. The office does not endorse a provider. A regular New Hampshire notary who never sent that notice still has to be in the room. A bank, a commercial mailbox (CMRA), or the Postal Service still decides whether this packet may be remote.
The New Hampshire grade that is not a company letter
We grade the state rule first. Remote online notarization (RON) is a video session with a notary. A company cannot turn a regular New Hampshire commission into a Secretary of State notice. It also cannot pick one of the three fee sentences and call the other two a typo. The statute prints $10 and $25. The fees blurb prints $10. The notice form prints $25 for a video act. Neighboring Maine waits for the office to accept a notice. New Hampshire’s remote section says notify.
New Hampshire (the state rule)
State rule · October 2026- In-state RON
- A
- Signer RON access
- A
- Walk-in / mobile backup
- B
Primary sources: RSA 456-B:6-a; RSA 455:11; RSA 455:1; RSA 5:10; Secretary of State remote page; Notary Public page. Country context: NASS and NNA. Secondary vendor map: Proof, July 8, 2026, not the country authority.
A $10 line, a $25 line, and a notice that is not a second commission
Mixing the labels into one “is video legal in New Hampshire?” checkout is how a Manchester owner pays a company price and still has a notary who never sent the notice, or treats a $25 company sticker as if the statute, the fees blurb, and the form had used the same sentence. New Hampshire video work is legal. It is not automatic on the day the ordinary commission arrives. The fee split is the fact Maine does not print, and the notice is not Maine’s acceptance letter.
- Remote online notarization is a notarial act for a remotely located individual, by communication technology. Communication technology means an electronic device or process that lets you and the notary see and hear each other at the same time. RSA 456-B:6-a. The notary is located in New Hampshire. You are not in the same room.
- An in-person electronic act is a different box on the same notice form. The remote page says an electronic notarization is an official act that uses an electronic signature on an electronic record. The signer still appears before the notary. A checkout that only makes a video call is not that in-room product.
The date is on the office page, and the statute history that sits next to it is the same day. The remote page: effective February 6, 2022, the state authorized remote notarization, and the same sentence appears for electronic notarization. RSA 455:3 carries this source line: 2021, 206:2, Pt. II, Sec. 1, effective February 6, 2022. That is the session-law date printed on the notary-powers section. It is the same date the remote page uses for the video path. We are not treating a later manual reprint as a second start date.
The ordinary commission comes first. RSA 455:1: notaries public are appointed by the governor, with the advice and consent of the executive council, and are commissioned for 5 years. RSA 455:2: the applicant is a resident of this state, or a resident of an abutting state who is regularly employed or carries on a trade, business, or practice in this state. The applicant signs a written statement under oath about convictions that a court has not annulled, other than minor traffic violations. Two notaries public and a registered voter of this state endorse the application. The Notary Public page says you must be at least 18. The statute section does not print the age. Both stay on the page. We do not invent an exam. The Notary Public page and the remote page do not print a course fee or a remote exam.
The appointment citation on the office page is not the section that prints the five-year term. The Notary Public page says a notary is appointed by the Governor, with the advice and consent of the Executive Council, and it cites RSA 455-A. RSA 455-A is the justice-of-the-peace chapter. RSA 455:1 is the notary appointment section, and it prints the five-year commission. Both pages are official. This scorecard does not decide which citation a clerk will read first.
The $75 is the commission fee, and it is not a remote-notice fee. RSA 5:10: for every commission issued to a notary public, $75, and $25 of that fee goes into the fund in RSA 5:10-b. The Notary Public page says mail the original application with the $75 fee, by check to the State of New Hampshire or by cash, to the Secretary of State’s Office, Room 204, 107 North Main Street, Concord, NH 03301. The page says processing takes 8 to 10 weeks, then nomination, then appointment at a later Governor and Council meeting. The commission is valid for 5 years from the date the Governor and Executive Council confirm the appointment. The notice form does not print a dollar. A mailed notice is not a second $75.
There is no surety bond in the commission chapter, and the remote FAQ does not add one. RSA 455:1 is a five-year appointment. RSA 5:10 is a $75 fee. Neither section requires a surety bond. The remote page asks whether separate errors-and-omissions insurance is required to protect notaries as electronic notaries. The answer is no. Notaries may buy that insurance. New Hampshire law does not require it. A bond is a promise of money if the notary fails the duties of the office. It is not the price of your session, and it is not the $75 fee. We will not invent a dollar to make this page look like a state that prints a bond.
Residents of Maine, Massachusetts, or Vermont can hold the commission if they work here. The Notary Public page, effective August 4, 2019: a resident of an abutting state may apply. The page names Maine, Massachusetts, and Vermont. The person must be regularly employed, or carry on a trade, business, or practice, in New Hampshire, and must be a registered notary in the home state. The fee on that page is the same $75. RSA 455:2 uses the words “abutting state” and does not print the three names. Its source line is 2019, 47:1, effective August 4, 2019. The statute and the page are both official. The page is the one that names the three states. An abutting-state commission is still a New Hampshire commission. It is not a Maine commission, and it is not permission for a Massachusetts-commissioned notary to skip New Hampshire’s notice.
The oath is the last step the office prints, and it is not the video notice. The Notary Public page: after appointment, sign the oath in front of two justices of the peace, or two notaries public, or one of each. Return the oath. The page cites RSA 92:2 for the rule that you must take the oath before you have authority to act. The page also says New Hampshire does not use commission numbers. If a form asks for one, the page says write N/A. Renewal uses the same application path. The office mails a renewal about 12 weeks before the commission ends. Renewal forms are not posted for download. None of those sentences is the electronic or remote notice.
The remote gate sits on top of the commission, and the verb is notify. RSA 456-B:6-a, VII: before the first remote act, the notary notifies the secretary of state and identifies the technologies. If the secretary has set standards, the technology and the identity proofing must conform. RSA 456-B:8-b, II: before the first notarial act on an electronic record, the notary notifies the secretary of state and identifies the technology. If standards exist and the technology conforms, the secretary shall approve that technology. The remote page says that unless the notary gives notice, the notary is not authorized to perform electronic or remote notarizations. The RSA 456-B Electronic/Remote Notarization User of E-Notarization form is the form the page links. It has a box for electronic acts and a box for remote acts. Each box asks for the technology provider. The form says you must tell the office if you change or add a technology vendor. Mail goes to State House Room 204, 107 North Main Street, Concord, NH 03301, or email to elections@sos.nh.gov. The Notary Public page prints administration@sos.nh.gov for an application request, and telephone (603) 271-3242. Those are the addresses the pages print. A regular commission, with no notice, is still a room job. Maine’s rule says the notice is not enough until the office accepts it. New Hampshire’s remote section says notify. We will not paste Maine’s acceptance verb onto this form.
Read the three fee sentences before you treat a company price as New Hampshire law. RSA 455:11: a notary is entitled to a fee of up to $10 for each oath, witness, service, or certification, with three exceptions. Depositions use the justice-of-the-peace fees in RSA 517:19. Town-officer oaths are free. A notarial act for a remotely located individual under RSA 456-B:6-a is $25 per act. RSA 517:19 prints at least $5 and no more than $50 for taking a deposition, plus 20 cents a mile to swear witnesses. The Notary Public fees section prints the $10 ceiling, the $5-to-$50 deposition range, the 20-cent mile, and the free town-officer oath. It does not print the $25 remote line. The notice form prints a third sentence: the signer of the form acknowledges that the notary may not charge more than $25 for each electronic or remote notarial act that uses audio-visual communication technology. The statute’s $25 is a remote act under section 6-a. The form’s $25 also names an electronic act that uses live video. The fees blurb stops at $10. The statute, the fees blurb, and the notice form do not agree, and this page does not choose a winner. A company sticker near $25 can match the form and the remote statute. It is not the $10 ordinary line, and it is not the $75 commission.
The list is a notice roster, and the office says it does not endorse it. The remote page links a spreadsheet of technology providers who notified the office that they are qualified to offer electronic or remote services. The same page’s question about a provider list says those providers have self-certified that they meet New Hampshire’s statutory requirements. The next sentence says the Secretary of State does not endorse any specific technology provider. The spreadsheet’s published time is April 29, 2026. An older PDF address for a provider list is no longer on the site. This scorecard uses the spreadsheet the live page links. Names on that file include:
| Name on the April 29, 2026 spreadsheet | What the row shows |
|---|---|
| NOTARYLIVE, INC. | www.notarylive.com |
| Notarize Inc dba Proof.com | www.proof.com |
| BlueNotary | bluenotary.us |
| OneNotary, Inc. | The row prints a support email, not a public site. |
| NotaryCam Inc | www.notarycam.com |
| Black Knight Origination Technologies, LLC (dba Expedite) | The row also names Expedite Close / ICE Mortgage Technology. |
| DocMagic Inc, SiGNiX Inc, Simplifile LLC, Stavvy, Inc., Snapdocs Technology, LLC, Rocket Close, LLC, Pro Notary LLC, OneSpan North America Inc, Corporation Service Company, and other rows | The spreadsheet is longer than the companies named on this site. Being on it is a self-certified notice. It is not a rank. |
Proof and NotaryLive are both on that spreadsheet. Maine’s September 2026 approved-provider list names NotaryLive and does not name Proof. New Hampshire’s file names both, and the office says it does not endorse either one. A checkout that shows Proof is the company’s screen. It is not a statement that this New Hampshire notary named Proof on the notice, and it is not a statement that the Secretary of State picked Proof. The notary still has to confirm that the vendor’s system meets the statute. The remote page says to check with the title company or lender before a property transaction.
Where you may sit is section 6-a, and the notary’s chair is narrower than yours. The notary is located in this state. The remote page says the notary must be physically in New Hampshire. You may be somewhere else. If you are outside the United States, the record is to be filed with or relates to a matter before a public official or court, governmental entity, or other entity subject to the jurisdiction of the United States, or it involves property in the territorial jurisdiction of the United States or a transaction substantially connected with the United States. The act of making the statement or signing must not be prohibited by the foreign state where you are. RSA 455:2’s residence rule is about who may hold the commission. It is not a rule that you, the signer, must live in New Hampshire.
The ID check has three doors, and the fallback standard is a mortgage-industry document, not a quiz score we invented. Section 6-a: personal knowledge under RSA 456-B:2-b; or satisfactory evidence by the oath or affirmation of a credible witness; or at least two different types of identity proofing. Identity proofing means a third person gives the notary a way to check you from public or private data. Unless the secretary of state has adopted a rule for identity proofing, the notary follows the credential analysis and authentication provisions of the Standards for Remote Online Notarization (Version 1) adopted by the Mortgage Industry Standards Maintenance Organization on August 28, 2019. The section says that compliance satisfies the two-type identity-proofing rule. It does not print a question count, a percent correct, or a retake. If that check cannot finish, a mobile notary or a walk-in is the product that can finish.
The certificate has required words. Section 6-a, IV and V: the certificate must show that the act used communication technology. A short form is enough if it meets the rules, or if it is the form in RSA 456-B:8 and contains a statement substantially as follows: “This notarial act involved the use of communication technology.” We will not add a longer sentence and call it the statute.
The session file is part of the remote act, and the journal is a second clock. Section 6-a, VI: the notary, or a person acting for the notary, keeps the audio-visual recording for at least 10 years after the recording is made, unless a rule sets a different period. RSA 456-B:8-c: the notary keeps a journal of every notarial act for a remotely located individual under section 6-a, and keeps that journal for 10 years after the last act written in it. The remote page says a journal entry is made and the journal is preserved for at least ten years for all remote notarizations, and that the recording is preserved for ten years. The Notary Public page says New Hampshire law does not require a journal of ordinary notarial acts. The remote journal is the one the statute requires. The recording clock starts when the recording is made. The journal clock runs 10 years after the last act in that journal. They are not the same sentence.
What actually needs a notary on a New Hampshire LLC / bank stack
A New Hampshire limited-liability company files a certificate of formation. RSA 304-C:31: one or more authorized persons deliver the certificate to the secretary of state. It states the name, the registered office and agent, the primary business or purpose, and whether members or managers manage the company. RSA 304-C:28: a manager signs if there is a manager; otherwise a member signs; an authorized person may sign. An authorization, including a power of attorney, need not be acknowledged and need not be filed. The section does not require a notary acknowledgment. The LLC forms page prints $100 for Form LLC-1. The same page says an electronic fee adds a $2 handling charge. People still show up asking for a notary because a bank, a processor, a landlord, or a mailbox asked for a sworn statement on a different document that sits next to the certificate.
| Document | Typical notary question | Video vs in the room |
|---|---|---|
| New Hampshire certificate of formation (RSA 304-C:31; Form LLC-1) | The section requires an authorized person’s signature, the name, the registered agent, the purpose, and who manages the company. It does not require a notary acknowledgment. The forms page prints $100, plus a $2 charge when the fee is electronic. | Do not buy a video session to notarize a notary line the certificate statute does not print. If the live Secretary of State screen asks for something else, ask that desk before you pay. |
| Bank signup documents (resolutions, signature cards, sworn statements) | The bank’s current checklist. Some desks accept a New Hampshire remote notary or an out-of-state video notary. Some want you and the notary in the same room. | Ask the desk before you pay. RSA 455:11 prints $10 and $25. The fees blurb prints $10. The notice form prints $25 for a video act. Section 456-B:4 can give an out-of-state act effect here. The desk can still say no. |
| PS Form 1583 (mailbox signup) | Yes, a notary public licensed in a U.S. state, territory, possession, or DC, or the mailbox store employee in person. June 2024 form. | The form’s own note allows a live video call. A New Hampshire remote notary who already filed the notice, or an out-of-state video notary, can both fit that sentence if the store accepts the session. See the 1583 page. |
| A document the desk still wants in the room | The desk’s instruction. A mobile notary drives to you. RSA 517:19 prints 20 cents a mile when the trip is to swear witnesses for a deposition. That table is not a promise that every house call uses those cents. | If the desk printed “in person,” that is a mobile notary or a walk-in. Agree on the fee before the act. The $10 and $25 ceilings are not a promise that a house call is free. |
This page does not publish a bank-by-bank or county-by-county “accepts video” list. If you need the operating address so a bank will open the account, that is a different product. It is not this site’s directory.
Open all night versus booked, in this state
Because in-state remote online notarization is live, all-night service is a real option for many New Hampshire documents, if the receiving desk will take a remote act and if the notary actually filed the notice. A New Hampshire remote notary or a notary licensed in another video-notary state can both close that session when the desk accepts it. Company availability letters live on the directory, once. A Massachusetts-commissioned notary cannot close that session tonight. New Hampshire’s notice form is the one that is published.
If the desk wants you and the notary in the same room, the identity check fails, or the person you hired never finished the notice, you are shopping store hours or a booked house call. That is the B on walk-in / mobile. Counters keep store hours. The ordinary ceiling in the statute is $10. The remote ceiling in the statute is $25. The trip is booked. It is not a failure of section 6-a.
The consumer starting prices we cite on company cards, about $25 a session, are still the company pages. Those are company stickers. A sticker at $25 can sit next to the remote statute and the notice form. It is not the $10 ordinary line, and it is not the $75 commission. Idaho’s act cap is $5. We will not copy that $5 onto New Hampshire.
Company letters live on the directory
Availability, identity check, and session-record letters for Proof/Notarize, NotaryLive, OneNotary, BlueNotary, mobile, and walk-in are on the directory, once. This page keeps the New Hampshire rule and the document table. Official starting prices we cite: NotaryLive about $25 per session; Proof/Notarize about $25 for the first notarization and $15 for each extra notarization; OneNotary online about $25 and mobile from about $80. We do not print a session price for BlueNotary. Those stickers are company prices. They are not a statement that the notary on your screen named that technology on a New Hampshire notice. On the April 29, 2026 spreadsheet, NotaryLive, Proof, OneNotary, and BlueNotary are named. The office does not endorse them. Being on that list is not a ban in another state, and it is not a promise that your notary already filed the form. Independent New Hampshire mobiles are not that OneNotary sticker. Counters set their own prices inside the fee sentences this page already printed.
Form 1583 as a New Hampshire use-case, without becoming a mailbox review
USPS will not let a commercial mailbox (CMRA) hand you mail until PS Form 1583 (June 2024) is complete. Form 1583 is the Postal Service form you sign so that store can receive your mail. You sign in person with the store (or an authorized employee) or with a notary public. The form’s note allows a live video call. A New Hampshire signer can use a New Hampshire remote notary or an out-of-state remote notary. That is the same idea as Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, Colorado, Delaware, Florida, Hawaii, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Virginia, Washington, and Wisconsin. Other states have their own rules. See Alabama, California, Connecticut, Georgia, Massachusetts, Mississippi, or South Carolina if that is your state. Massachusetts is the neighbor whose own notaries still cannot do the video job.
What we will not do here: grade mailbox brands, pick a Manchester, Nashua, or Concord storefront, or explain store flags. Those are mailbox questions. The notary question is: did the session match the form (U.S.-licensed notary, two IDs, home address matching the address ID), and will the store accept that session? Details live on Form 1583 notarization.
A sequence that usually wastes less money
- Read the receiving desk’s current instruction. If they printed “in person,” do not buy a video session to argue with them. New Hampshire prints $10 and $25. Massachusetts has not opened in-state video. They are not the same state.
- If they accept a remote act, you may use a New Hampshire remote notary or a notary licensed in another video-notary state. The Secretary of State is the authority for the commission, the $75 fee, the notice, and the provider spreadsheet. NASS and NNA are the country sources. The company’s live notary pool is the day-of fact. Do not assume every New Hampshire notary on a checkout screen filed the notice. Do not assume a name on the spreadsheet is an endorsement. The office says it does not endorse a provider.
- Budget the extras from the official page, extra act, extra signer, witness, before you upload a six-signature packet at the $25 sticker. The statute prints $10 for an ordinary act and $25 for a remote act. The fees blurb prints $10. The notice form prints $25 for a video act. A witness fee on a company page is not a person sitting next to you.
- If the identity check fails, stop treating another quiz as a plan the statute did not write. Section 6-a does not print a retake count. Switch to a mobile notary or a walk-in.
- Keep the session confirmation. The value of a New Hampshire remote session in a later dispute is the audio-visual recording section 6-a already requires, kept at least 10 years, and the journal section 8-c already requires for a remote act, kept 10 years after the last act in that journal. The value of a walk-in is the act the desk already said it wanted.
Sources
- Secretary of State, Electronic and Remote Notarization: remote and electronic notarization authorized effective February 6, 2022. The notary must be physically in New Hampshire. Notice is required before those services. The recording is preserved for ten years. A journal entry for a remote act is preserved for at least ten years. The provider list is self-certified. The office does not endorse a provider. Separate errors-and-omissions insurance is not required.
- Secretary of State, Notary Public: $75 application, check or cash. Five-year commission after Governor and Council confirmation. The page cites RSA 455-A for the appointment. RSA 455:1 is the notary section that prints five years. Residents of Maine, Massachusetts, or Vermont who work in New Hampshire may apply, effective August 4, 2019. Fees section: no more than $10 for each oath, witness, service, or certification; depositions $5 to $50; 20 cents a mile to swear witnesses. That fees section does not print $25. No commission number. Renewal forms are mailed, not posted.
- RSA 456-B:6-a: a notary located in this state may perform a notarial act for a remotely located individual by communication technology. Identity is personal knowledge, a credible witness, or at least two types of identity proofing. The audio-visual recording is kept at least 10 years unless a rule sets a different period. Before the first remote act, notify the secretary of state and identify the technologies. Outside the United States, the record and the foreign-state rule in paragraph III apply. The certificate says the act used communication technology.
- RSA 455:11: up to $10 for each oath, witness, service, or certification. Depositions follow RSA 517:19. Town-officer oaths are free. A remote act under RSA 456-B:6-a is $25 per act.
- RSA 517:19: at least $5 and no more than $50 for taking a deposition, plus 20 cents a mile to swear witnesses.
- RSA 456-B:8-b: before the first notarial act on an electronic record, notify the secretary of state and identify the technology. If standards exist and the technology conforms, the secretary shall approve it.
- RSA 456-B:8-c: a journal is required for remote acts under section 6-a. Keep it 10 years after the last act in it. The entry includes the fee, if any.
- RSA 456-B:4: a notarial act performed in another state has the same effect here when a notary of that state, a judge, a clerk, or another person that state authorizes, performs it.
- RSA 455:1 and RSA 455:2: governor and executive council appoint the notary for 5 years. An abutting-state resident who works in New Hampshire may apply. The chapter does not require a surety bond.
- RSA 5:10: $75 for every commission issued to a notary public. $25 of that fee goes to the fund in RSA 5:10-b.
- RSA 456-B Electronic/Remote Notarization User of E-Notarization form: name the technology for electronic acts, remote acts, or both. Tell the office if the vendor changes. The form says the notary may not charge more than $25 for each electronic or remote notarial act that uses audio-visual communication technology. Email elections@sos.nh.gov, or mail State House Room 204, 107 North Main Street, Concord, NH 03301. The form does not print a filing fee.
- Providers of E-Notarization spreadsheet, published time April 29, 2026: NOTARYLIVE, INC. and Notarize Inc dba Proof.com are both named, along with BlueNotary, OneNotary, Inc., and NotaryCam Inc. The remote page says the list is self-certified and that the office does not endorse a provider.
- RSA 304-C:31 and RSA 304-C:28: certificate of formation. The text does not require a notary acknowledgment. LLC forms page: Form LLC-1 is $100, and an electronic fee adds $2.
- Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Remote Online Notarization: the neighbor contrast. The 2023 statute is on the books. The training and the notification form are not yet available. New Hampshire’s notice form is published.
- NASS, Remote Electronic Notarization: currently 47 states and the District of Columbia have a law that allows remote e-notarization. A law on the books is not the same as a notary who has filed the New Hampshire notice. Massachusetts is the neighbor where the law is on the books and the signup is not open.
- NNA, What is a Remote Online Notary?: country context. NNA is not the New Hampshire statute.
- Proof RON map (updated July 8, 2026), labeled secondary vendor map. Proof is also a listed vendor on this site. That page is not the authority for a New Hampshire remote notary. Section 6-a and the Secretary of State are.
- Notarize consumer pricing: $25 / $15 / $15 / $10.
- NotaryLive pricing: $25/session; extras; 10-year storage.
- OneNotary individuals pricing: $25 online; mobile from $80.
- PS Form 1583, June 2024.