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A notary public who comes to you, with the seal in her bag

Based in Canterbury
visits across Kent

01227 960 774
evenings and Saturdays too

A woman with red nails pressing a black embossing seal onto a sheet of paper at a desk.
A brass seal stamp beside a white envelope closed with red wax, on a wooden table.

The office is wherever the papers are

I am Clare Odell, a notary public for nineteen years. Most of my clients cannot easily come to an office: they are in hospital, caring for someone, running a shop, or simply eighty-seven. So I go to them. The fee is the same at your table as it would be at mine.

What to have ready

What I do

A folded sheet of thick handmade paper closed with an orange wax seal on dark wood.

Witnessing

A signature on a power of attorney, a deed or a statement. From £95, including the visit.

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A red wax seal pressed with a design of clasped hands on a cream envelope.

For abroad

Papers for a sale, a marriage or a job overseas, legalised so they are accepted there. From £180.

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A ring-bound document of typed text with a pen lying across it.

Certified copies

Passports, degrees, company papers. £35 each after the first, done while you wait.

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A stack of thick ring binders on a white surface.

For companies

Board resolutions and bank forms for a branch abroad. A fixed fee agreed by email first.

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Travel within fifteen miles included. Hospital and care-home visits at no extra charge.

A deep red wax seal pressed onto an old handwritten letter.
A grandmother and her granddaughter at a kitchen table with breakfast, orange juice and tea.
At home — a power of attorney, signed between breakfast and the school run
Cards and envelopes tied with twine and sealed with wax, a sprig of dried flowers on top.
For a wedding abroad — certificates ready for a ceremony in Lisbon

Before I arrive

Photo ID, the original

A passport or a photocard driving licence, in date, for every person signing. Photocopies and photos on a phone are not accepted, however clear.

Do not sign yet

Leave every signature line empty. The whole point is that I watch you sign; a signed page has to be printed again.

Understanding it

The person signing must understand what they are signing and be signing freely. If I have any doubt, I will not proceed — and I will explain why, kindly.

Two pale envelopes closed with gold wax seals stamped with a tree. A loose pile of documents and coloured folders seen close up. Sheets of white paper fanned out in soft light.

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