You have an appointment tomorrow with your local Notary Public and you just realized that your driver's license has expired and you have no passport.  What do you do?

No worries, an expired driver's license is still acceptable provided that it was issued within the past five years from the date of your notarization.  


There are many other forms of ID that are acceptable other than Driver's Licenses and Passports.  Please see the list below indicating all the forms of identification that are approved and accepted for notarizations in the state of California. 

• State Driver License issued by a DMV in any state
• State ID Card issued by a DMV or government agency
• Employee Identification Card issued by a state or government agency
• U.S. or Foreign Passport
• U.S. Military Identification Card**
• Driver License issued by a an authorized Canadian or Mexican public agency.
• Inmate ID card issued by the California Department of Corrections & Rehabilitation (for inmates in custody in prison only)
• Any form of inmate ID issued by a sheriff’s dept. (inmates in custody in a local detention facility only)
• Employee ID card issued by an agency or office of the state of CA, or by an agency or office of a CA city, county, or city and county
• Consular identification document
• ID card issued by a federally recognized tribal government

 

1. ID must be current or issued within the last five years from the date of notarization
2. ID must contain Photograph, Physical Description, Signature, Serial Number and Expiration Date**
3. Should a signer have no approved ID, he/she must provide two personally-known witnesses with approved and valid photo ID's

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*A California Notary Public does not give legal advice.

​​Summer of 2018 is upon us. Time for travel, vacation and fun.

April and May are the perfect months of the year to start getting your child's summer travel documents together. 

If your child will be traveling abroad with one parent or with an adult who is not his/her parent, its a good idea to start getting in touch with your Travel Agent, airline, cruise, U.S. Customs and Border Protection agency etc. from whom you can gather the correct information you will need to proceed with proper documentation your child will need  before traveling.

Additionally, it would be wise to contact the official agency of the country to which your child is traveling and ask which additional documentation and policies they might have in place for minors entering their country. 

Most likely, your consent form or child's permission form will need to be notarized by a state commissioned Notary Public. 

Dash Mobile Notary (San Mateo County) is here to notarize your form and to provide you with any information or clarifications you may need in order to be prepared with the proper identification you will need for the notarization. Please feel free to contact Dash  with any questions you may have.

DASH MOBILE NOTARY

* A California Notary Public does not provide legal advice.