Notary

The Clerk’s office provides free notary public service for up to 5 documents. Additional documents will be notarized for a fee of $1.00 per document and require a Notary appointment. If you have a document needing notarization, please bring it to us and one of our notaries will make it official for you. This service is limited to the witnessing of signatures only. We are not authorized to serve as a witness to a document. Government issued identification that includes a photo and a signature is required. 

Maine Township will not notarize any written instrument that transfers or claims to transfer title effecting a change in ownership in residential real property in Cook County. The Illinois Notary Public Act (5 ILCS 312/3-102) requires additional steps to notarize documents of conveyance effecting a change in ownership in residential real property in Cook County, and requires the notary to file the notarial record with the Cook County Record of Deeds and pay a filing fee. Given these additional obligations, Maine Township will not notarize any such documents of conveyance. 

The Maine Township staff reserve the right to refuse notary service at any time.