Meridian & Ada County, Idaho
I live here too. You shouldn't have to drive across town to sign three pages.
I'm Jim Allen and I live in Meridian. I bring the notary to your kitchen table, your builder's design center, or your parent's room at a care facility — and I handle the apostille and FD-258 fingerprinting nobody else wants to explain to you. Most days I can be there within a couple of hours.
5.0 from 262 Google reviews 3,500+ signings since 2018 Commissioned, bonded & insured Evenings & weekends
Straight pricing. No trip-charge surprises anywhere in Ada 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 Meridian 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. I live in Meridian, so I'm usually minutes away.
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 neighbours around Meridian
5.0 stars from 262 Google reviews, plus 9 more on Yelp. Here are six of them, word for word.
“he came to my home in Meridian to help me with getting my Trust Documents notarized.....”
he came to my home in Meridian to help me with getting my Trust Documents notarized.....
“We had a few time sensitive documents that needed to be signed by a notary.”
Jim was very accomodating and was able to come to our specific locations(one downtown and one in Meridian) to notarize our documents. He was always right on time, courteous and friendly. I highly recommend!!
“It is becoming difficult for my family member to leave the house, but he is not ready to hand over his financial independence.”
When there are legal documents to sign requiring a norltary it is such a relief to know Idaho Mobile Notary is here for us. He showed up within hours and kept me posted about the progress. We will definitely call them again.
“Jim was amazing came all the way to my house was super helpful kind considerate understanding and got all of my parents needs me and mine.”
Thank you so much for being such a kind hearted soul. I appreciate you and I will use you at any time if I need thank thank you again.
“Jim responded immediately to my request and offered a very fair price for an emergent notary need for a family member of mine.”
Jim was very professional, knowledgeable and friendly. I will recommend him to anyone I know. Thank you Jim for handling a sensitive situation with such professionalism!
“Lighting fast and extreamly professional, when we needed a notary on very short notice.”
We will use him again. We highly recommend and appreciate his attention to detail and kindness when our family was under enormous stress and a tight deadline.
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Straight answers
Yes — that's the entire business, and I live here, so it's usually a short drive. Homes, offices, care facilities, coffee shops and more than one car in a parking lot.
Anywhere in Ada or Canyon County the travel fee is a flat $95. There's no extra charge for the far end of Meridian, and no per-mile anything.
Mobile notary work is $95 to come to you, plus $5 per notarized signature anywhere 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, and $299 for everyone after the first in a group. You'll know your number before I get in the truck.
This is probably the most common call I get in Meridian, and it's the one people are most nervous about. Yes — I'm a notary for estate planning documents and I run these signings constantly.
The part that trips families up is witnesses. A will usually needs two, and they can't be beneficiaries, which rules out most of the people sitting at the table. Tell me when you book and I'll line them up. I won't draft the documents or advise on what they should say — that's your attorney's job — but I'll make sure the signing itself is correct.
Yes, and I've done plenty of them. Design centers, sales trailers, title company branches around Eagle Road — wherever the paperwork is happening.
If your lender or title company is coordinating, have them call me directly and I'll work to their schedule. I scan documents back the same day when the file needs to fund.
If a counter notary works for your situation, honestly, use one. Your bank is free if you're a customer and I'm not offended.
Where I earn the $95 is when the signer can't easily travel, when the deadline is tomorrow, when witnesses have to be arranged, or when the document simply has to be right the first time. Banks are open when you're at work, and they turn people away every day over expired ID, a document already signed, or a will they won't touch.
The documents unsigned, valid unexpired photo ID for every signer, and a rough idea of whether witnesses are needed.
Don't sign anything ahead of time. It's the single most common reason a notarization can't go through, and it's also the easiest one to avoid.
I'm Jim Allen, I own Idaho Mobile Notary Signing Agent, LLC, I live in Meridian, I've been a commissioned Idaho notary public since 2018, and I'm bonded, insured and background screened.
You can verify my commission with the Idaho Secretary of State and I'll give you my number and expiration if you ask. Every call comes to my phone, not a dispatcher. And a rule worth keeping regardless of who you hire: don't mail original documents to somebody you've never spoken to.
Hardly anyone knows, and the two look identical from the outside. Documents issued in Idaho — birth certificates, marriage licences, anything I notarize — go through the Idaho Secretary of State. Documents issued by the federal government, like an FBI background check, go to the U.S. Department of State.
Pick wrong and you lose weeks plus the fee. Tell me what the document is and which country is asking for it, and I'll tell you which track it belongs on before you spend anything.
Yes, and it's the one that saves people the most grief. If you're licensed out of state, California usually tells you to travel there in person — or routes you to a mailed hard card that comes back rejected weeks later.
You don't need either. I capture your prints on my Live Scan system, then send them straight through to my California processor, who submits the background check. One appointment at your house, no flight to California.
I live in Meridian, so usually within a couple of hours, and same day is normal. I take evening and weekend appointments because that's when most families can actually sit down together.
If it's urgent — a hospital, a hospice, a deadline first thing tomorrow — text me at (208) 826-1210 and you'll get a straight answer about whether I can make it.
Where I go
Ada and Canyon County are the flat $95 travel fee — that covers all of Meridian. 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.