{"id":1709,"date":"2024-12-17T14:34:00","date_gmt":"2024-12-17T20:34:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/hr\/?page_id=1709"},"modified":"2026-04-10T15:32:31","modified_gmt":"2026-04-10T20:32:31","slug":"notary-public","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/hr\/notary-public\/","title":{"rendered":"Notary Public"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"uwm-l-row\">\n<div class=\"uwm-l-col\">\n<p class=\"lead-in\">If you need a document notarized, please feel free to stop by the Department of Human Resources office in Engelmann Hall.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"uwm-u-m-0\">Engelmann Hall, Room 125<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"uwm-u-m-0\">2033 E. Hartford Avenue<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"uwm-u-m-0 uwm-u-mt-20\">Hours:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"uwm-u-m-0 uwm-u-mt-10\">8:30 A.M. to 4:00 P.M.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"uwm-u-m-0\">Monday through Friday<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Please call ahead, (414) 229-4463, to confirm that our notary is available.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>No fee is charged for notary service.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"uwm-l-col uwm-l-col--4 uwm-l-offset--1\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"has-alpha-channel-opacity\" \/>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"uwm-l-row\">\n<div class=\"uwm-l-col\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-notarization-requirements\">Notarization Requirements<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-please-note\"><strong>Please Note:<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Do not sign the documents in question until you are in the presence of the notary.<\/strong> This is because your signature must be witnessed by the notary.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>A photo ID is required for notarization.<\/strong> If the documents require the signature of your spouse, or domestic partner, to be notarized, they must accompany you and bring their photo ID.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:10px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Also, please be aware that we are unable to make copies, certified or uncertified, of \u201cvital records,\u201d which include certificates of birth, death, divorce, annulment, marriage, etc. Copies of vital records must be obtained from their official custodian, such as a state or county office.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Furthermore, we will not certify that copies of documents (such as passports) are complete, full, true, and exact copies of the original document which they purport to reproduce.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"uwm-l-col uwm-l-col--4 uwm-l-offset--1\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"has-alpha-channel-opacity\" \/>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"uwm-l-row\">\n<div class=\"uwm-l-col\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-remote-notarization\">Remote Notarization<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:10px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"uwm-c-link--external\">The State of Wisconsin\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/dfi.wi.gov\/Pages\/Home.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Department of Financial Institutions<\/a> also provides a search tool for notaries that offer remote notarization services.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"uwm-c-link--external\"><a href=\"https:\/\/apps.dfi.wi.gov\/apps\/NotarySearch\/SearchCriteria.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">WI Notary Public Search<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"uwm-l-col uwm-l-col--4 uwm-l-offset--1\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"has-alpha-channel-opacity\" \/>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":3280,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":36,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_tec_requires_first_save":true,"_EventAllDay":false,"_EventTimezone":"","_EventStartDate":"","_EventEndDate":"","_EventStartDateUTC":"","_EventEndDateUTC":"","_EventShowMap":false,"_EventShowMapLink":false,"_EventURL":"","_EventCost":"","_EventCostDescription":"","_EventCurrencySymbol":"","_EventCurrencyCode":"","_EventCurrencyPosition":"","_EventDateTimeSeparator":"","_EventTimeRangeSeparator":"","_EventOrganizerID":[],"_EventVenueID":[],"_OrganizerEmail":"","_OrganizerPhone":"","_OrganizerWebsite":"","_VenueAddress":"","_VenueCity":"","_VenueCountry":"","_VenueProvince":"","_VenueState":"","_VenueZip":"","_VenuePhone":"","_VenueURL":"","_VenueStateProvince":"","_VenueLat":"","_VenueLng":"","_VenueShowMap":false,"_VenueShowMapLink":false,"_tribe_blocks_recurrence_rules":"","_tribe_blocks_recurrence_description":"","_tribe_blocks_recurrence_exclusions":"","footnotes":"","uwm_wg_additional_authors":[]},"class_list":["post-1709","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/hr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1709","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/hr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/hr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/hr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3280"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/hr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1709"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/hr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1709\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3074,"href":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/hr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1709\/revisions\/3074"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/hr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1709"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}