NOTARIZING AT A CORRECTIONAL FACILITY poses additional challenges for Notaries. CA Notary Vivian Olilang posed the question "Does anyone know if there are Notaries located inside prisons for those that are incarcerated and need Notary services?" to the General Notary Group on LinkedIn. Here's how you responded.
Laura Biewer, Modesto, CA: "CA state prisons have Notaries on site as I have had them in the Notary classes I teach. Local detention centers however usually don’t and mobile Notaries are used."
Yvonne Coats-Branley, Athens, NY: "I had a company hire me to go to a prison and they turned me away saying they have their own Notaries and don't use outside ones … also said I had to wear shirt sleeves, though it was summer and I was wearing a respectful dressy sleeveless blouse."
Kim Brennan, DeLand, FL: "What I do is ask the individual that called you if they have their ID, a lot of times they have already picked up their loved ones' personal belongings. There is always plexiglass between you and the inmate and I've always been able to see the inmate ID but asking the caller to bring the inmate's driver's license has been very helpful to me."