A mobile notary who comes to you
Getting something notarized should be the easy part of your day. We bring the stamp to your kitchen table, your office, or your parent’s hospital room — evenings and weekends included — and we tell you the full price before we book.
- Commissioned in California
- Bonded & insured
- Evenings & weekends
- Price quoted up front
What a mobile notary actually does
A mobile notary is a notary public who travels to you rather than asking you to find a branch, take a number, and hope someone is on duty. We check your identification, watch you sign, administer an oath when the document calls for one, complete the notarial certificate, and record the act in a journal. The notarization itself is exactly the same as one done at a bank counter.
What is different is everything around it. You are not driving across town with a folder of paperwork. You are not discovering at four o’clock that the notary went home at three. And if the person signing is in a hospital bed, recovering from surgery, or simply not up to leaving the house, none of that is a problem — it is most of what we do.
We are Sakura Signings, a mobile notary service covering the San Francisco Bay Area. Most of our work is estate planning documents, real estate signings, and appointments in hospitals and care facilities. A lot of it happens on short notice, during a week that was already difficult for the family involved. We try to make our part of it feel simple.
Documents we handle every week
If what you have is not on this list, call anyway. It is a short list of common requests, not a limit.
Estate planning documents
Wills, living trusts, trust certifications, and trust transfer deeds. This is the most common reason people call us, and often the most stressful, so we take it slowly.
Powers of attorney
Durable, financial, and limited powers of attorney. We can meet at a hospital or care facility when the principal cannot travel.
Advance healthcare directives
Healthcare proxies and living wills. These frequently need signing on short notice, and we keep room in the schedule for exactly that.
Real estate and loan signings
Refinances, purchases, HELOCs, sellers packages, and reverse mortgages. Full loan document packages handled start to finish.
Deeds and property transfers
Grant deeds, quitclaim deeds, deeds of trust, and affidavits of death of joint tenant.
Affidavits and sworn statements
Sworn statements, declarations, and jurats where you need to swear to the truth of a document.
Parental and travel consent
Minor travel consent forms and parental authorization letters, often needed quickly before a trip.
DMV and vehicle documents
Title transfers, lien releases, and vehicle powers of attorney.
We will meet you just about anywhere
Pick whatever is easiest. The advantage of a mobile notary is that the location is yours to choose — we are as comfortable in a hospital room as a conference room.
Your home
Kitchen table, front porch, wherever you are comfortable. Most of our appointments happen this way.
Hospitals and rehab facilities
We are used to bedside signings, nurse coordination, and the pace those settings require.
Skilled nursing and memory care
Including facilities that need advance notice or a visitor check-in process.
Offices and title companies
Conference rooms, escrow offices, and law offices, on your schedule.
Coffee shops and libraries
A neutral, quiet spot when meeting at home is not ideal.
Assisted living communities
We know the common-room and visiting-hour routines and work within them.
Four steps, and most of them are ours
A mobile notary appointment usually takes fifteen to twenty minutes once we arrive. Loan packages take longer.
Get in touch
Call or text and tell us what you need signed and roughly where you are. Two minutes is usually enough.
We confirm the details
We quote the full cost up front, confirm what ID to have ready, and lock in a time that suits you.
We come to you
We arrive a few minutes early, check ID, walk through each signature, and record the act in our journal.
You are done
You keep your documents, we keep the journal entry, and you get a copy of the receipt if you need one.
What to have ready
Five things. Getting these right is what keeps an appointment to twenty minutes instead of two visits.
- A current, unexpired photo ID — a driver license, state ID, passport, or military ID
- Every person who needs to sign, present in the room together
- The complete document, with no blank spaces left unfilled
- Any witnesses the document requires, if you have arranged them
- The name on your ID matching the name on the document
Please do not sign ahead of time
It is the single most common reason an appointment has to be rescheduled. Some documents require you to sign in the notary’s presence, and it is not always obvious from looking at the page which ones those are. Leave the line blank and we will handle it together.
What it costs, before you book
Most mobile notary services make you ring up to find out. Here is the whole picture instead, so you can work out roughly what your appointment will run before you speak to anyone.
What a typical appointment runs These are all-in starting points, covering the notarial fee and travel within the usual radius.
- Standard mobile appointment — notarial fee plus travel
- $40 – $60
- Hospital or care facility visit — from
- $75
- After-hours visit — evenings and late calls
- $75 – $100
- Loan signing package — from
- $125
The notarial fee itself Capped by California Government Code section 8211. A notary may charge less, never more.
- Acknowledgment — per signature, set by state law
- $15
- Jurat (oath or affirmation) — per signature, set by state law
- $15
- Certified copy of a power of attorney — per copy
- $15
Travel Set by the notary, not the state. Quoted before you book.
- Up to 5 miles
- Free – $15
- 5 – 10 miles
- $25
- 10 – 20 miles
- $35 – $50
- 20 – 30 miles
- $50 – $75
- Beyond 30 miles
- Quoted
Loan signings Full packages, start to finish.
- HELOC
- $90 – $150
- Seller package
- $100 – $150
- Buyer package
- $125 – $175
- Refinance
- $125 – $175
- Reverse mortgage
- $175 – $250
- Scanbacks
- $25
What can move the number
A few things add to the base, and we will tell you which apply when you call rather than after we arrive:
- Same-day booking, or a call needing us within two hours
- Evenings after 7pm, later evenings, weekends, and holidays
- Waiting beyond the first 15 minutes, which is always free
- Printing large document packages, scanbacks, faxing, or courier drop-off
- Additional signers, since the notarial fee is charged per signature
Notarial fees are capped by California Government Code section 8211. The maximum is $15 per signature for acknowledgments and jurats through the end of 2026. Beginning January 1, 2027, Assembly Bill 1597 raises that maximum to $20 per signature.
Travel and convenience fees are not set by the state. Notarizations connected to a veteran’s benefits claim and to vote-by-mail identification envelopes are provided free of charge, as California law requires.
Can this be done online instead?
Short answer: not by a California notary, and not yet.
California passed Senate Bill 696 in 2023, which created a legal framework for remote online notarization. But the law rolls out in phases, and the phase that would let California-commissioned notaries perform online notarizations has not taken effect. It is not expected before January 1, 2030, and depends on the Secretary of State completing a technology programme first. Until then, a California notary must be physically present with you.
There is a wrinkle worth knowing. Notaries commissioned in other states can already perform remote online notarizations, and California often recognizes them. Whether that works for your particular document depends entirely on who is receiving it — county recorders, title companies, and financial institutions each have their own policies. Ask the recipient before you pay for anything.
If you would rather not gamble on that, we will come to you.
The part that is hard to advertise
Every mobile notary carries the same stamp. What differs is how the twenty minutes feel.
Commissioned and insured
Sakura Signings is a notary public commissioned by the California Secretary of State, bonded as state law requires, and carries errors and omissions insurance. Ask to see the commission at any appointment — we would rather you did.
Comfortable in medical settings
A lot of our work happens at bedsides, in rehab units, and in memory care. That takes patience, a quiet manner, and knowing how to assess whether a signer genuinely understands what they are signing. It is not the same as notarizing at a bank counter.
We tell you the price first
You get the full cost before we book, including travel. No surprise line items, no charging by the stamp once we are already at your door.
Evenings and weekends
Documents rarely need signing between nine and five. We schedule around your life, including same-day when we can manage it.
Careful, not rushed
We read the notarial wording, check the document has no blanks, and make sure you understand which act is being performed. A rejected document costs you far more than the extra ten minutes.
Discreet by habit
We see people on some of the hardest days of their lives. What happens at your table stays there.
You will know who is coming to your door
Notary work is a trust purchase. You are handing a stranger your identification and your most important paperwork, often on a difficult day, so it seems fair that you know who that stranger is.
Joralyn
Owner & notary publicJoralyn runs Sakura Signings as a one-person mobile notary practice and does the signings herself. There is no dispatcher, no rotating panel of contractors, and no chance of someone unexpected arriving at your mother’s hospital room. When you book, you are booking her.
A lot of her mobile notary work happens in hospitals, rehab units, and care facilities, and that is not an accident. She also owns a CPR and First Aid training company and works alongside a home care agency, so bedside appointments, nurse coordination, and the pace those rooms require are familiar ground rather than a special request.
That background matters more than it sounds. Assessing whether a signer genuinely understands what they are signing is the hardest judgement in this job, and it is the one that protects your family if a document is ever questioned.
- Commissioned notary public, State of California
- Bonded as California law requires
- Background screened
- Experienced with hospital and care-facility signings
- Loan signing packages handled start to finish
- Evening and weekend availability
Across the Bay Area
Our office is in Pleasant Hill and we travel throughout the region. If your city is not here, call — it probably just means we ran out of room.
East Bay
- Pleasant Hill
- Walnut Creek
- Concord
- Martinez
- Lafayette
- Orinda
- Danville
- San Ramon
- Oakland
- Berkeley
- Alameda
- Fremont
- Antioch
- Brentwood
San Francisco & Peninsula
- San Francisco
- Daly City
- San Mateo
- Burlingame
- Redwood City
- Palo Alto
- Menlo Park
South Bay
- San Jose
- Santa Clara
- Sunnyvale
- Mountain View
- Cupertino
- Milpitas
North Bay
- Vallejo
- Benicia
- San Rafael
- Novato
- Napa
- Petaluma
Things people ask us
What does a mobile notary do?
A mobile notary is a commissioned notary public who travels to you instead of asking you to come to an office. We verify your identity, witness your signature, administer an oath where the document calls for one, and complete the notarial certificate. The notarial act itself is identical to one performed at a bank — the difference is simply that we come to you.
How much does a mobile notary cost in California?
California caps the notarial fee itself. Through the end of 2026 it is $15 per signature for an acknowledgment or a jurat, and from January 1, 2027 that maximum rises to $20 under Assembly Bill 1597. Travel and convenience fees are separate and are not regulated by the state, so every notary sets their own. In practice a standard mobile appointment with us runs $40 to $60 all in, a hospital or care facility visit starts at $75, and a full loan signing package starts at $125. Our whole fee schedule is published above, and we quote your exact number before you book.
Can I get a document notarized online in California?
Not by a California notary, not yet. Senate Bill 696 created a framework for remote online notarization, but the phase that allows California-commissioned notaries to perform it has not gone live and is not expected before January 1, 2030. A California notary must still be in your physical presence. Some documents can be notarized remotely by a notary commissioned in another state, and California often recognizes those — but check with whoever is receiving the document first, because not every recipient accepts them.
What ID do I need?
A current, unexpired government-issued photo ID with your signature and a physical description — a California driver license or ID card, a US passport, a military ID, or an out-of-state license issued within the last five years. The name on the ID has to match the name on the document, or at least contain it. If you do not have acceptable ID, credible identifying witnesses are sometimes an option. Call us and we will work it out before the appointment rather than at it.
Should I sign the document before you arrive?
Please do not. For an acknowledgment you can technically sign in advance, but for a jurat you must sign in front of the notary, and it is not always obvious which one your document requires. Leave the signature line blank and we will sort it out together.
Can you notarize for someone in the hospital?
Yes, and we do it often. The signer must be conscious, aware of what they are signing, able to communicate their willingness, and able to sign or make a mark. If they are heavily medicated or cannot understand the document, we are legally unable to proceed — and we will tell you honestly rather than take your money. Call ahead and we will talk through the situation.
Do you provide witnesses?
Some documents require witnesses in addition to the notary, and the notary cannot serve as one. Let us know when you book and we can usually arrange witnesses for an additional fee, or advise you on who in your circle can serve.
Can you tell me which document I need or how to fill it out?
No, and anyone who says otherwise should worry you. A notary public is not an attorney and is prohibited from giving legal advice, choosing your documents, or explaining what a clause means. We can explain the notarial act itself. For anything about the content, please speak to an attorney.
How far in advance should I book?
A day or two is comfortable. That said, a lot of notary work is urgent by nature — a hospital admission, a closing deadline, a family flying in tomorrow — and we hold room for same-day and next-day appointments. Call and ask.
What if my document gets rejected?
It should not, because we check the notarial wording, look for blank spaces, and confirm the act matches what the document asks for before anything is stamped. If a recipient does raise an issue with our notarization, call us and we will make it right.
How to reach us
Calling or texting is fastest for booking a mobile notary appointment. Almost every appointment gets booked in that one conversation.
Office
3313 Vincent Road, Suite #102Pleasant Hill, CA 94523
By appointment. Most of the time we come to you instead.
Mailing address
Sakura SigningsP.O. Box 432
Brentwood, CA 94513
For post only — not a walk-in location.
Let’s get it signed
Call or text and tell us what you have. We will give you a price and a time, usually in the same conversation.