Arkansas Notary Requirements
ACCEPTABLE IDs FOR AN ARKANSAS NOTARY
A.C.A. § 16-47-205; A.C.A. § 21-14-111; A.C.A. § 21-14-104 et seq.
A.C.A. § 16-47-205 (Uniform Acknowledgment Act): The officer taking the acknowledgment shall know or have satisfactory evidence that the person making the acknowledgment is the person described in and who executed the instrument.
A.C.A. § 21-14-111 (definition): "personally knows" means having an acquaintance, derived from association with the individual, which establishes the individual's identity with at least a reasonable certainty.
A.C.A. § 21-14-104 et seq. (powers): a commissioned notary public may take acknowledgments, administer oaths and affirmations, take verifications/affidavits, witness or attest signatures, and certify copies of non-recordable documents; personal appearance of the signer is required and the notary must identify the signer from personal knowledge or satisfactory evidence.
STATE IDs
Arkansas requires evidence of identity satisfactory to the notary; no specific documents are prescribed.
FEDERAL IDs
Arkansas requires evidence of identity satisfactory to the notary; no specific documents are prescribed.
GOVERNMENT EMPLOYMENT IDs
Arkansas requires evidence of identity satisfactory to the notary; no specific documents are prescribed.
INMATE IDs
Arkansas requires evidence of identity satisfactory to the notary; no specific documents are prescribed.
FOREIGN IDs
Arkansas requires evidence of identity satisfactory to the notary; no specific documents are prescribed.
CREDIBLE WITNESS(ES)
PERSONAL KNOWLEDGE
*Personal knowledge permitted as alternative
OTHER IDs
Arkansas requires evidence of identity satisfactory to the notary; no specific documents are prescribed.
Journal Rules
No traditional journal statute
NO TRADITIONAL JOURNAL MANDATE.
- Journal required?
- ✗
- Bound paper journal required?
- ✗
- Wet signature required in journal?
- ✗
- Wet thumbprint required?
- ✗
- Digital journal allowed?
- ✓
- Journal format
- Optional
Notary Fees
A.C.A. § 21-6-309
A.C.A. § 21-6-309 (NOTARY FEE - reasonable/disclosed; no fixed statutory cap): (a) A notary public authorized to perform notarial acts in this state may charge and collect a fee for a notarial act if: (1) The fee is a reasonable amount as determined by the notary public; and (2) The fee is disclosed to and agreed upon by the client or principal before executing the notarial act. (b) A notary public who charges more than the fee agreed upon / overcharges is subject to a fine of not less than $100 for each offense.
- Acknowledgment (max)
- —
- Jurat (max)
- —
- Additional signature (max)
- —
- Travel fee capped?
- ✗
- Travel fee disclosure required?
- ✓
Notarial Acts
Certificate Language
Bracketed {tokens} are placeholders the app fills in (venue, names, dates) when it generates a certificate.
Source Documents
Full statute and (where published) the commissioning authority’s notary handbook. Download links appear here once the documents table is populated.
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