Singapore Notary Public Fee
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Notary Public Fee Singapore: Prescribed Rates
Notary Public Fee Singapore FAQ
If Notarial services take place on or after 15 Feb 2017, the law requires the Notary Public to issue a Notary Certificate. The prescribed fee (by law) of each Notarial Certificate is S$75.
Except for items not specified in the Notaries Public Rules, the law prescribes and fixes the Notarial fees. Therefore, Notaries Public cannot give discounts on prescribed Notarial fees.
A Notarial Certificate is a certificate that a Notary Public issues for a notarial act (or notarisation). Examples include certifying due execution of a document in the Notary’s presence, or certifying a true copy of an original document.
The Notary Public prepares this certificate, and formats vary from Notary to Notary. Time and effort go into preparing the Notarial Certificate and binding the notarised document to it. It is not uncommon for Foreign Agency to supply a prescribed specimen content of a Notary Certificate. The current prescribed fixed fee of a Notarial Certificate in Singapore is S$75, and an Apostille is S$80 + GST (paid and issued by Singapore Academy of Law (SAL). Apostille is mandatory for all notarisation.
With effect from 15 February 2017 (this date included), the law requires a Notarial Certificate for any notarial act.
Every notarised document requires the Notary Public to issue a Notarial Certificate. Moreover, the Singapore Academy of Law (SAL) must authenticate that Notarial Certificate by way of an Apostille, and SAL currently charges S$80 + GST for it. The Notary Public pays the Apostille fee in order to generate the Notarial Certificate ($75 fee payable to the Notary Public) at SAL’s portal.
After the Notary issues the Notarial Certificate, the client or a representative collects the Apostille at SAL’s office. This is currently a counter service, so you need no appointment. At SAL’s office you pay nothing further, because the Notary has already paid the Apostille fee.
Based on our experience, below are some of the common mistakes:
- pre-signing the document
- name stated in the document differs from the ID document (NRIC or Passport) produced in Notary’s office
- failure to bring original ID for verification at Notary’s office
- form not duly completed
- document (eg. Power of Attorney) has blank spaces in between paragraphs
Please note that if there are mistakes in the documents produced for notarisation, our Notary will reject the services, or require rectification. This will incur additional costs and cause delay.
Based on our experience, below are some of the common mistakes:
- document does not appear original
- the client produces no original
- failure to bring original ID for verification at Notary’s office
- attempts to pass off copy of document as original
Please note that if there are mistakes in the documents produced for notarisation, our Notary will reject the services, or require rectification. This will incur additional costs and cause delay.
Apart from certified true copies of documents, every notary public must issue a Notarial Certificate for each document attested. The same applies to any document in connection with which the notary public has administered an oath or affirmation.
Subject to the requirements of the embassy/recipient country, the Board of Commissioners for Oaths and Notaries Public has agreed to allow bundling / consolidation of Certified True Copies – i.e. you may bundle more than one Certified True Copy with a single notary certificate. Furthermore, the Notary Public must list and particularise each Certified True Copy annexed to the Notarial Certificate.
Save for Certified True Copies, a Notary Public must issue a Notarial Certificate for each document that he attests. For example, you may have a Bank Application form and a Power of Attorney to sign before a Notary Public. In that case, the Notary Public must issue 2 separate Notarial Certificates, one for each document.
Subject to the requirements of the embassy/recipient country, the Board of Commissioners for Oaths and Notaries Public has agreed to allow bundling / consolidation of Certified True Copies – i.e. you may bundle more than one Certified True Copy with a single notary certificate. Furthermore, the NP must list and particularise each Certified True Copy annexed to the Notarial Certificate.
If you have 2 sets of documents for witnessing before our Notary Public, you will need 2 separate Notarial Certificates (as prescribed by Singapore Academy of Law). The other exception is that a Notary may bundle Certified True Copies (or Originals) of document in one Notarial Certificate. If you have any queries on SAL’s policies, you may wish to address with SAL directly.