Q. Where can I find a notary public to get something notarized?

The service of a notary public is called for by various business and legal documents. A notary public acknowledges, verifies, and proves signatures and administers oaths and affirmations.

You may schedule an appointment with the library's free notary public, William Gee, online at https://lib.ecu.edu/s/3fy or contact him at geec@ecu.edu or 252-328-2268. His usual office hours are 8:00 am - 5:00 pm, Tuesday-Friday; scheduling an appointment is encouraged to ensure that William will be available when you come. Please note the following about a notary appointment.

• You will need to provide a government-issued photo ID. A driver license or passport is typical; if you do not have one of those, please contact William in advance to discuss other allowable forms of ID.
• Do NOT sign any documents in advance.
• If your documents require witnesses, please arrange for colleagues, friends, or family members, as appropriate to your document, to come to your appointment with you. Some documents, like wills, often require a witness to not be a potential heir or one's medical provider.
• Please arrive on time for your appointment.
• Come to the Circulation & Interlibrary Loan service desk, located to the left as you enter Joyner Library, for your appointment and ask for William for a notary public appointment. A library employee will walk you to William's office or call him forward to meet you.
• If you have questions about locating the library or parking on the ECU campus, please consult the Directions to Joyner Library page, the ECU campus map, or ECU Parking & Transportation. The closest parking is in the parking deck behind the Main Campus Student Center off 10th St.; it allows paid parking for $1.00 an hour by credit/debit card only (cash is not accepted). 

If your document requires a raised (embossed) notary stamp, William cannot notarize your document. His stamp is a flat, blue ink stamp. Most documents no longer require the embossed stamp, but some few might. If you need an embossed stamp, please consult the Other Notaries Public section below. 

Other Notaries Public

Noel Kincaid at ECU's Laupus Health Sciences Library is a notary public located on the ECU Health Sciences Campus. 

If you cannot schedule with William or Noel, of if you need an embossed notary stamp on your document, or you may contact the ECU Financial Aid Office or check the State of North Carolina notary public database for other nearby providers. You may also contact your local bank or credit union branch since some of them provide the service to their members. Some office supply and office support businesses also offer the notary public service.

Please note that NC state law (§ 10B-31, Part 4. Fees) allows notaries public to charge various fees, usually up to $10.00 per signature, so please ensure that you ask in advance what a notary public will charge and, if they charge any fees, how they will accept payment.