If someone is a Notary, then the official Notary seal stamp or seal embosser is their most-used tool. The Notary seal is the impression of the Notary Public inked stamp or crimping embosser. These seals are used to authenticate a Notary’s signature and make the notarial act legal and official. The imprint of the Notary seal contains all of the information of the Notary Public’s commission.
The Difference Between Stamps and Embossers
The
term "Notary seal" is often used interchangeably with notary public stamps and embossers. It is useful to note
that some states refer to seals as “stamps," while others use “seal” to
reference an embosser.
Notary
seal stamps, or notary public stamps, are inked rubber stamps that imprint
state required information. This is typically the Notary Public’s name, state
of commission, and date of commission expiration. Notary stamps are most often
rectangular in shape, but some states require a round stamp. Each state
maintains its own set of requirements for the notary public stamps used by its
Notaries.
Notary
embossers are different from notary public stamps. They are metal clamping devices that produce a
raised indentation of the Notary Public’s commission information (usually name
and state of commission). Notary embossers imprints are round in shape and,
prior to many states adopting the inked rubber stamp, were the traditional
method for documenting a notarization.
Some
states still require a raised embossed seal, but nowadays, embossers are more
often used in conjunction with the inked rubber stamps because their embossed
seals are problematic to photographically reproducible.
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