New Notary Class
PROCEDURE FOR NEW NOTARY WEBINAR AND COMPLETING THE APPLICATION PROCESS
New Notary’s will receive their education via a webinar class. The New Notary classes and exam are held on the first Friday of each month. To participate in the class for NEW NOTARY we have set up the following outline:
- Obtain your BCI prior to exam. Average time is 3 weeks. Have the results sent to yourself. This is ONLY for the Secretary of State, DO NOT send results to the Lake County Bar Association. The code is 147022.
- Pay the $130.00 registration fee on the LCBA Payment Portal.
- Complete the application on website and email it to the Bar Association office at jessica.somogyi@lakecountyohio.gov
- You will receive the link to the webinar the day before the class with other materials and information for the webinar.
- The class is on demand. You may watch the webinar at anytime of the given test day.
- Then, a PDF version of the exam will be provided. It you receive at least an 80%, you have passed the exam.
- A Certificate of Completion and Education along with instructions to complete the process on the Secretary of State website will be sent via email.
INSTRUCTIONS TO SUBMIT YOUR INFORMATION TO THE SECRETARY OF STATE, ONCE YOU RECEIVE YOUR COMPLETION AND CERTIFICATE OF EDUCATION:
- 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