The New Notary classes and exam are held on the first Friday of each month.
New Notary’s will receive educational material via an on-demand webinar class.
To participate in the class for New Notary we have set up the following outline:
- Obtain your BCI early as the return time is about 3 weeks. Mail the results sent to yourself. This is ONLY for the Secretary of State, do not send your results to the Lake County Bar Association.
- The code is 147022.
- Pay the $130.00 registration fee on the LCBA Payment Portal. Ref: New Notary
- Complete the online application on our website.
- You will receive the link to the webinar the day before the class with all other materials and information for the webinar.
- The class is on demand. You may watch the webinar at anytime on the given test day.
- The exam will be provided via email. If you receive at least an 80%, you have passed the exam.
- After passing, we will email a Certificate of Completion and Education with instruction to complete the process on the Secretary of State website.
Instructions to submit your information to the Secretary of State, once you receive your certificate of Completion and Certificate of Education:
Go to https://www.ohiosos.gov
- Click on NOTARY
- Click FILE NOTARY COMMISSION APPLICATIONS AND UPDATES
- Click CREATE USER ACCOUNT
- Click “New Notary Commission Applicant” and follow the prompts from there on.
Select file online to submit your application to the Secretary of State office.
Upload:
- A copy of your criminal record check
- A certificate from the education provider to show successful completion of the class.
- A certificate showing the grade you received on the test.
- Image of Signature.
Attachments must be uploaded as PDFs. The fee to apply is $15