Guide to Pay Structure and Payouts for On-Demand Notary Users

Learn about the payment structure for notaries answering calls and providing notarial services from the Notarize Network queue.

If you are a notary sourcing your own transactions (NST), please see Notary Sourced Transaction Pricing & Notary Payment for more details.

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• Eligibility
• Fees
• Pay Structure
• Payouts
• Earning potential

🎯Primary Audience: On-Demand Notary (ODN)

Eligibility

Currently, the Proof platform is live for on-demand notaries (ODNs) in the following states: 

• Florida
• Nevada
• Pennsylvania
• Texas
• Virginia

Fees

Independent contractor notaries on the Proof platform pay $0 in sign-up fees. When you sign up for an account, you have access to our notary onboarding training, transaction simulator, your electronic stamp or seal, your notary journal, and more.

Pay Structure

The amount you're paid is based on the type of transaction, what type of account initiated the transaction, and what action you're performing. The table in the next section summarizes the amounts paid based on these definitions below.

Acting as a notary for:

• Retail: Transactions created by an individual who uploads their own documents to the platform.
• Business: Transactions created by a user who belongs to a non-real estate organization. 
• Real estate
  • Full real estate signing*: Transactions initiated by a title agent or lender Proof account, in which all documents are eSigned or notarized.
  • "Other" or "trailing documents"*: Transactions created by a title or lender that have fewer documents and take substantially less time to process than a full real estate signing.

Acting as a:

• Remote witness: Notaries in the states listed above may act as a remote witness for certain transactions requiring a witness. Remote witnesses are paid for these transactions as long as they apply a signature, regardless of the transaction is terminated or completed successfully. 
• Trusted referee: When you act as a trusted referee for a Proof or Identify transaction, you are paid per completed transaction, even if the person's identity was not verified.

*Only notaries who are permitted to handle real estate transactions are able to answer these calls. See Levels Policy for On-Demand Notaries for more information about levels.

Payouts

The table below summarizes the amount you're paid when you act as a notary, witness, or trusted referee in transactions.

Receive payments through Stripe Connect

All payments are sent from Proof via Stripe Connect, which you set up when you create your account. In your Proof account, the Get Started page has a summary of your earnings and a link to your Stripe account. If you have any questions regarding your Stripe account, please reach out to Stripe Support. 

Your Stripe account may show two different line items:

• Payment from Proof: This is a positive number and displays the amount you were paid for your work on the Proof platform.
• Stripe Payout: This is a negative number, and displays the amount transferred to your bank account.

Read more about how to set up your account: Billing & Payment Setup for On-Demand Notaries

Pay schedule

You choose the pay frequency in your Proof account from the following options:

• Daily (subject to weekend and holiday availability)
• Weekly
• Monthly

Please allow up to 30 business days for notary payout correction requests to reflect in your account. 

Earning potential

ODNs handle retail signers when they first begin on our platform. On average, notaries handling retail traffic complete meetings in about 10 minutes. That means you could potentially make upwards of $20-$40 per hour, though handling times will vary on a meeting-by-meeting basis.

The pricing structure mentioned above is subject to change. Visit our website for more information: https://www.notarize.com/notary.

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