Charges for official notary services are limited to the prescribed fees.

• A. True
• B. False
• C. Sometimes
• D. Only for certain documents

Answer: (B)

Notary fee rules involve a base schedule for standard acts, but they also allow additional charges in certain situations. In Texas, you can collect the prescribed fee for the notarial act, and if the notary travels to the signer or provides other permissible services, a reasonable travel or related expense can be added on top of that base fee. Because of that, charges aren’t strictly limited to the prescribed amounts in every scenario. If a notary travels to the signer, the total can exceed the basic prescribed fee, provided the charges are reasonable and disclosed upfront. So the statement that charges are limited to the prescribed fees is not universally true.