The Worcester Public Library offers free notary services for up to 5 pages per month to Worcester Public Library card holders. The Notary is available on the first Wednesday of the month at the Main Library at 3 Salem Square in Worcester.

A Notary Public is an individual, appointed by state government, to serve the public as an impartial witness in performing a variety of official fraud-deterrent acts related to the signing of important documents.

All documents must be ready for notarization prior to meeting with the Notary.

You must be easily identified by the notary public through satisfactory evidence of identity. This form of proper identification must not be expired. Proper forms of identification include:

• State ID or Driver’s License
• U.S. Passport
• U.S. Military Card
• Foreign Passport, validated by INS
• Driver’s License issued in Mexico or Canada

If you do not have a means of proper identification, the Notary cannot witness your documents. If your proper identification is expired, the Notary cannot witness your documents. The document must be signed in front of the Notary. The Notary cannot witness your document if it is not signed in front of the Notary.

If you do NOT have identification, you may bring a Credible Witness known to the Notary who will vouch for you. If the Credible Witness is not known to the Notary, you require two Witnesses, and each must provide a form of proper identification. Credible witnesses cannot have a financial stake in the document you want notarized.

The Notary Public at the Worcester Public Library cannot notarize anything to do with real estate or requiring legal counsel. The Notary cannot provide legal counsel. The Notary is not bilingual and will not notarize anything that is not in English.