Note: We are required to get the Certificate of Authorization from you if you order a notary stamp (notary seal) from us.
You do not need the Certificate of Authorization to record your bond. It is only used to get the stamp. The sooner we
receive the certificate, the sooner you will receive your stamp and other supplies. We will ship your stamp and supplies
the day after we receive the certificate.

We prefer that only the certificate be placed in the envelope. We use your commission number as our tracking number.
We do not need your receipt, order number, copy of the order, commission, or any other paper. You do not need to
write on the certificate - just fold it into the envelope and send it off.

Best Method - Place a stamp on the Envelope and mail it. This is the least costly and relatively fast way of sending us the Certificate of Authorization. The cost is only one stamp. The post office box that we receive the mail at is accessed by us daily and your supplies are mailed to you the morning after we receive it. The post office box is very reliable and there has been no loss of mail at the post office box. Use the envelope we sent with our advertisement or mail in your own envelope to: NotaryX.com P.O. Box 1767 Lincoln, CA 95648 Stamped mail from Northern California usually reaches us in two days. Southern California mail usually is three days.

Second Best Method - Priority Mail Priority mail is usually one day quicker and can be tracked, but costs $9 to $10 dollars. If you want to track the Certificate of Authorization, this is the best method. Priority mail from the Sacramento area usually reaches us in one day. From the rest of the state, priority mail usually reaches us in two days. There are a few remote parts of California where priority mail takes three days to reach us. Priority mail can be tracked on-line. We will mail your supplies the morning after receiving your certificate. You can expect the supplies to be in transit for 2 to 3 days.

Third Method - Send by Fed Ex or UPS Overnight We can accept UPS and Fed Ex packages at the postal box. However the address needs to be modified to: NotaryX.com 200 Gateway Dr # 1767 Lincoln, CA 95648 This is an expensive way of shipping the certificate. The certificate will arrive overnight. Unfortunately, Fed Ex and UPS can deliver at any time during the day. Mail is put in the postal box by 11:00am. Therefore, if we check the mail at noon, the overnight packages from Fed Ex or UPS may not have been delivered. We will then get those packages the next day. This is typically what happens. Therefore, we recommend Priority Mail as a substitute for Fed Ex or UPS.

Fourth Method - Priority Mail Express Similar to Fed Ex and UPS, shipping by Priority Mail Express does not guarantee delivery before 11:00am. Therefore, it might take two days to reach us. To add to the delay, if you do not ship the certificate before noon, the post office automatically switches to a two day service. Cost is in the mid to upper $20's. Therefore, shipping priority mail express might actually take longer than shipping it by regular priority mail and cost three times as much. We believe this is a waste of money.

Fifth and Slowest Method - Certified Mail Certified mail is usually about five dollars and tracks the mail to make sure that it is received. While it sounds like a good method, there is one big problem - someone has to sign to pick it up. That means that someone from NotaryX.com has to go to the post office during business hours and stand in line to pick up your mail. We do pick up mail daily and ship everthing out the next morning. However, we sometimes go after business hours (the post office boxes are accessible until late in the evening). If we go to the post office during business hours and the line at the post office is long, we may not have enough time to wait to pick up your certified mail. Your mail could be waiting several days for us to pick it up. After a week, the post office will send it back to you. Look, we want your Certificate of Authorization and you want us to have your Certificate of Authorization. Don't make it hard for us to get it. We don't want to stand in line to get the certificate and you don't want the certificate delayed. Therefore: We recommend that you do not send by Certified Mail.