Nampa & Canyon County, Idaho
You shouldn't have to leave the house to get a document signed right.
I'm Jim Allen. I bring the notary to your kitchen table, your office, or your parent's hospital room in Nampa — and I handle the apostille and FD-258 fingerprinting nobody else wants to explain to you. Most days I can be there the same day.
5.0 from 262 Google reviews 3,500+ signings since 2018 Commissioned, bonded & insured Evenings & weekends
Straight pricing. No trip-charge surprises inside Canyon County.
Usually answered within the hour, seven days a week.
Why people call me instead
Anybody can stamp a page. What you're really paying for is your afternoon back and paperwork that doesn't bounce.
No taking half a day off. No driving to the bank and getting turned away because their notary went to lunch. You tell me where you'll be and when, and I show up there — the kitchen table, the office, the nursing home, or your driveway if that's easier.
Most Nampa appointments booked same day.
Rejected fingerprints, a missing initial, a will signed without the right witnesses — every one of those costs you weeks. I check the whole package before I leave, roll prints that get accepted, and tell you straight if something's wrong instead of stamping it and driving off.
Wills, trusts, POAs and loan packages checked page by page.
Most people who call me about an apostille have no idea whether they need state or federal, or what has to be notarized first. That's normal — it's a confusing process. I'll tell you the order it goes in, what it costs, and roughly how long it takes before you pay me a dime.
Plain-English answers, no runaround.
Start to finish
Four steps. No paperwork to figure out before you call me.
Tell me what you've got and where you are. I'll give you a flat price on the spot.
Evenings and weekends included. Most days I can be in Nampa the same day.
Kitchen table, office, hospital room, or your driveway. I bring everything I need.
I check every page before I leave, so it goes through the first time.
Eight years of showing up
My promise to you
I've done this 3,500 times. I'd rather eat a trip than have you stuck with paperwork that doesn't work.
Mention this page when you call or fill out the form and I'll knock $10 off the travel fee. One per household, first visit only.
Claim my $10 offApplies to the $95 mobile notary travel fee. Can't be combined with other offers.
From the Treasure Valley and beyond
5.0 stars from 262 Google reviews, plus 9 more on Yelp. Here are six of them, word for word.
“He met me at my home in Nampa to complete a power of attorney document.”
Jim with Idaho notary is so helpful! He was on time and knowledgeable. Highly recommend for all your notary needs.
“I needed it in a crunch for Spain and he was on top of the whole process from start to finish.”
Excellent service with Jim! He helped with a birth certificate Apostille and was quick efficient and very helpful. Would recommend him to anyone in need of Apostille services.
“Jim is the only guy in Boise doing livescan fingerprints in the Treasure valley that I could find.”
He is a great communicator. Confirmed the appt with me. Showed up a few minutes early. Got me finger printed and documents complete quickly and efficiently. Great experience and super convenient.
“He even helped in securing witnesses for the signing ceremony.”
Jim made the whole signing process for my Last Will and the accompanying Self-Proving Affidavit easy and stress-free from beginning to end. Jim is very organized and professional while remaining personable and genuine.
“I almost cried today when he said it was complete.”
I had an elderly couple stuck with the logistics of getting a Power of Attorney and an Apostille so that they didn't have to fly to Mexico just to make a signature. We had been stuck for months of no movement… in a very short order he took what felt like an impossible situation into an absolute breeze and a joy.
“Such a great guy who came to my house to help me with fingerprints.”
Gracious and kind, will use again!
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Straight answers
Yes. That's the whole business. Homes, offices, hospitals, rehab centers, assisted living, coffee shops, and more than one car in a parking lot. If you're in Nampa or anywhere in Canyon or Ada County, the travel fee is $95 and there's no extra charge for showing up.
Mobile notary work is $95 to come to you, plus $5 per notarized signature in Ada and Canyon County. Outside those two counties I'll quote you a flat number before I go.
An Idaho apostille is $185 for the first document and $75 for each additional document on the same order. Fingerprinting starts at $125 plus $10 per FD-258 card. A full California background check is $349 all-inclusive for one applicant. Doing it as a group? Everyone after the first is $299. You'll know your number before I get in the truck.
Because you're not paying for a stamp — you're paying for me to drive to you and get it right. The bank is free if you're a customer, they're open when you're at work, and they turn people away every day for expired ID, a document already signed, or a will they won't touch.
If a counter notary works for your situation, use one. I'm honestly not offended. Where I earn the $95 is when the signer can't travel, the deadline is tomorrow, there are witnesses to line up, or the document has to be perfect the first time.
If I can't complete it because of something on my end, you don't pay. If it's because the signer doesn't have valid unexpired ID, isn't able to understand what they're signing, or the document was already signed before I arrived — that's a real trip I made, and the travel fee still applies.
I'd rather catch that on the phone than in your driveway, so tell me up front what ID the signer has. It takes thirty seconds and it saves us both.
Fair question — there are a lot of sketchy operations in the apostille and fingerprinting space. I'm Jim Allen, I run Idaho Mobile Notary Signing Agent, LLC out of the Treasure Valley, I've been a commissioned Idaho notary public since 2018, and I'm bonded, insured and background screened.
You'll get my commission number and expiration on request, you can look me up with the Idaho Secretary of State, and you're always talking to me — not a call center. If something feels off, don't hand over your originals. That goes for me or anybody else.
Not much. Have the documents unsigned, have valid unexpired photo ID for every signer, and know whether your document needs witnesses. That's it — I bring the seal, the journal, the forms and the fingerprint equipment.
Don't sign anything ahead of time. It's the single most common reason a notarization can't go through, and it's the easiest one to avoid.
Yes — I'm a notary for estate planning documents and I do them all the time, including for attorneys across the Valley who hand me their client signings. I don't draft the documents and I can't give you legal advice about what they should say. That's your attorney's job.
What I do is run a calm, correct signing: right ID, right witnesses lined up, every page checked before I leave. If your parent is in the hospital or a care facility, that's a normal Tuesday for me.
Almost nobody does, and that's not your fault. The short version: documents issued by Idaho — birth certificates, marriage licenses, notarized documents — go through the Idaho Secretary of State. Documents issued by the federal government, like an FBI background check, go through the U.S. Department of State.
Call me, tell me what the document is and what country it's going to, and I'll tell you which track it belongs on and what it'll cost. Then I'll handle the whole thing so you're not mailing originals into a black hole.
Yes, and this is the one that saves people the most grief. If you're licensed out of state, California usually tells you that you have to travel there — or routes you to a mailed hard card that comes back rejected weeks later.
I capture your prints with inkless digital equipment, print them onto FD-258 cards right there, and send them on to the channeler that processes the check. One appointment, at your house or office. No trip to California.
For a lot of documents, yes. I'm a commissioned Idaho Remote Online Notary, so we can meet on video, verify your ID, and sign electronically — useful if you're out of town, out of state, or overseas. Some documents still have to be signed in person, so tell me what you've got and I'll tell you straight which way it has to go.
Most days I can be in Nampa the same day, and I take evening and weekend appointments because that's when most people can actually sit down and sign. If it's an emergency — hospital, hospice, a deadline in the morning — text me at (208) 826-1210 and I'll tell you right away whether I can make it.
Where I go
Ada and Canyon County are the flat $95 travel fee. Outside those two counties I still travel — call or text (208) 826-1210 and I'll quote you a flat number before I go.
No obligation
Fill this out and I'll come back with a flat number and the soonest time I can be there. If it's urgent, just call — you'll get me, not an answering service.