REMOVAL FOR RECEIVING EXCESS FEES.
(R.C. 147.13)
A notary public who charges or receives for a notarial act or service a fee greater than the amount prescribed by law, or who dishonestly or unfaithfully discharges any official duties as notary public, shall be removed from office by the court of common pleas of the county in which the notary public resides, upon complaint filed and substantiated, and the court shall certify the removal to the secretary of state. The person so removed shall be ineligible for reappointment to the office of notary public.
Fees.
A notary public is entitled to the following fees:
For taking and certifying acknowledgments of deeds, mortgages, liens, powers of attorney, and other instruments of
writing, and for taking and certifying depositions, administering oaths, and other official services, the same fees as are
allowed by law to clerk of county courts for like services.
Ohio Revised Code, Sec. 147.08
Under present law, the “fees allowed by law to clerk of county courts for like services” amount to $1.50 for taking and
certifying one signature on an affidavit and $2.00 for acknowledging all instruments in writing. THE MAXIMUM FEE
THAT A NOTARY CAN CHARGE IS $2.00 PER SIGNATURE ON AN ACKNOWLEDGMENT AND $1.50 PER
SIGNATURE ON AN AFFIDAVIT.