Idaho Notary Requirements
ACCEPTABLE IDs FOR AN IDAHO NOTARY
Idaho Code § 51-107
Idaho Code § 51-107. Identification of individual.
(1) A notary public has personal knowledge of the identity of an individual appearing before the notary public if the individual is personally known to the notary public through dealings sufficient to provide reasonable certainty that the individual has the identity claimed.
(2) A notary public has satisfactory evidence of the identity of an individual appearing before the notary public if the notary public can identify the individual:
(a) By means of:
(i) A passport, driver's license or government-issued nondriver identification card that is current or expired not more than three (3) years before performance of the notarial act; or
(ii) Another form of government identification issued to an individual that is current or expired not more than three (3) years before performance of the notarial act, that contains the signature or a photograph of the individual, and that is satisfactory to the notary public; or
(b) By a verification on oath or affirmation of a credible witness personally appearing before the notary public and known to the notary public or whom the notary public can identify on the basis of a passport, driver's license or government-issued nondriver identification card that is current or expired not more than three (3) years before performance of the notarial act.
(3) A notary public may require an individual to provide additional information or identification credentials necessary to assure the notary public of the identity of the individual.
STATE IDs
Idaho requires a state-issued identification bearing a photograph or signature, current or expired no more than 3 years ago.
Documents qualifying under this standard remain subject to your judgment as the notary that the identification presented is satisfactory.
*Acceptable only if the License to Carry/CHL card bears a photograph or signature - verify on the card presented; some states' License to Carry/CHLs do not.
**Idaho does not issue this credential.
***Acceptable only if the Voter ID card bears a photograph or signature - verify on the card presented; some states' Voter IDs do not.
FEDERAL IDs
Idaho requires a federally issued identification bearing a photograph or signature, current or expired no more than 3 years ago.
Documents qualifying under this standard remain subject to your judgment as the notary that the identification presented is satisfactory.
GOVERNMENT EMPLOYMENT IDs
Idaho requires a government-issued identification bearing a photograph or signature, current or expired no more than 3 years ago.
*Acceptable if the card bears a photograph or signature - verify on the card presented.
INMATE IDs
Idaho accepts state, county, and federal inmate identification as listed below.
*Acceptable if the card bears a photograph or signature - verify on the card presented.
FOREIGN IDs
Idaho requires a foreign-government issued identification bearing a photograph or signature, current or expired no more than 3 years ago.
Documents qualifying under this standard remain subject to your judgment as the notary that the identification presented is satisfactory.
CREDIBLE WITNESS(ES)
Idaho (Idaho Code 51-107(2)(b)) accepts a verification on oath or affirmation of a credible witness (known to the officer or identified by ID); the oath is the act.
PERSONAL KNOWLEDGE
*Personal knowledge through sufficient dealings
OTHER IDs
*Acceptable if the card bears a photograph or signature - verify on the card presented.
Journal Rules
Idaho Code § 51-119
Idaho Code § 51-119: [Reserved.]
- Journal required?
- ✗
- Bound paper journal required?
- ✗
- Wet signature required in journal?
- ✗
- Wet thumbprint required?
- ✗
- Digital journal allowed?
- ✓
- Journal format
- Optional
Notary Fees
Idaho Code § 51-133
Idaho Code § 51-133 (Notary fee): (1) A notary public may, for any notarial act, charge a fee not to exceed five dollars ($5.00). (2) In addition to the fee, a notary public may be compensated for actual and reasonable expense of travel to a place where the notarial act is to be performed. (3) An employer shall not require a notary public in his employment to surrender a fee, if charged, or any part thereof to the employer. An employer may, however, preclude such notary public from charging a fee for a notarial act performed in the scope of the notary public's employment.
- Acknowledgment (max)
- $5.00
- Jurat (max)
- $5.00
- Additional signature (max)
- $5.00
- Travel fee capped?
- ✗
- Travel fee disclosure required?
- ✓
Notarial Acts
Certificate Language
Dated: {date}
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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