Notary Public Day
In America, an estimated 1.25 billion-plus documents are notarized per year. Looking purely at the math, that’s around 3.61 notarizations per year, for every one of the 346-plus million people living in the United States—adults, youth and children.It’s no wonder America has a healthy population of notaries to address this perennial need for notarizations. Here, we clearly value the transactional assurances that notarization provides to all parties relying on the effects of signed documents.
The U.S. notary population is as diverse and dynamic as its citizens. Like many of their compatriots, notaries quietly but competently go about their duties with little fanfare and frankly, too little recognition.
In 1974, the Board of Directors of the American Society of Notaries decided something must be done to recognize and applaud America’s notaries for the indispensable services they provide. The Board issued a proclamation declaring November 7, annually, as Notary Public Day.
Each year on this date, today’s notaries are celebrated for their tireless work and dedication. November 7 is indeed a special day in notary history and lore—it is the day that America’s first notary, Thomas Fugill, was appointed. (October 25, 1639, by the Julian calendar and now November 7 by the Gregorian calendar in use today).
Today’s notaries are indispensable to the free flow of commerce and highly sensitive personal transactions that occur in daily life. By properly performing their notarial duties, America’s notaries help prevent fraud and enable document signings to be transacted with certain assurances that are needed and valued by relying parties.
Notaries are everywhere in the public and private sectors, notarizing for employers and/or notarizing as sole proprietors. Each day and especially on Notary Public Day, American Society of Notaries encourages everyone involved with a notary or notaries public to spotlight and applaud these indispensable public servants.
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