You are welcome to contact the commissioner directly with any other questions about commissioner for oaths services, including any health and safety concerns you may have.
I do not offer services of a notary public and can only assist you as a commissioner for oaths.
While many documents can be attested by either a commissioner or a notary, certain kinds of paperwork have to be certified by a notary public. For notary services please contact any law office.
If unsure about the certification requirements in your specific situation, please feel free to call or text me directly at 403-471-0180 to discuss your paperwork.
I strive to make my commissioning services affordable to anyone. My current fees are: $20 + GST for any first commissioning act (example: administration of one affidavit / statutory declaration for one person, witnessing one signature on any document, etc.) and $10 + GST for each additional commissioning act (for each exhibit, each additional document or each extra person signing).
Another advantage is that my service is always appointment-based, which means no lineups at the door (and no complicated virtual lineup procedures), and your valuable time can be utilized very efficiently: so even more savings!
*Please note that some documents may require multiple commissioning acts (when there is more than one declarant / deponent to the same document or when there are multiple affidavits / declarations on one page or when there are exhibits to any affidavit / declaration).
Identity verification is an important part of commissioner for oaths service. Please make sure you have a piece of acceptable ID with you for your appointment with me as a commissioner:
Common acceptable IDs:
If you do not have any of the above, the following documents may be acceptable (subject to reservations):
*If due to extraordinary circumstances you do not have any acceptable identification in your possession, a more complex identification process involving Identification by Statutory Declarations will be required.
Payment methods currenty available (both contactless and chip-and-PIN insert supported):
No processing fees for you:
- Cash;
1% processing surcharge applies to:
- Canadian debit cards;
3% processing surcharge applies to:
- Credit cards (any Canadian and most international are accepted),
- International (non-Canadian) debit cards,
- Debit cards processed as credit cards (Wise, Wealthsimple, etc.),
- Smart app transactions (Google Pay, Apple Pay) if used for payment other than by Canadian debit,
- Visa or MC-branded gift cards.
While I can directly witness many documents, in certain cases your witness and the commissioner for oaths must be separate persons.
As a rule of thumb, if your paperwork includes at least one "affidavit of execution" (also known as "affidavit of attestation" or "affidavit of witness"), then a separate witness (or more than one witness as your particular paperwork may require) will also need to be involved in the process.
You are encouraged to provide your own witness (witnesses). If you are unable to provide a witness of your own, I will do my best to make an arrangement with a witness (extra fees will apply).
Generally, you may bring along any adult who is willing to assist you as a witness and is at least 18 years of age, as long as there is no conflict of interest. If unsure, please feel free to call or text me directly at 403-471-0180 to discuss your situation.
If you are unable to attend in person for any reason, please inquire about my mobile commissioner for oaths service. In most cases I can assist you at your home or workplace (extra fees will apply). In extraordinary circumstances where it is not possible or is medically unsafe for the customer to physically attend before a commissioner for oaths, remote commissioning of affidavits for use in civil and family proceedings during the COVID-19 pandemic can be made available until further notice (extra fees will apply). Please feel free to call or text me directly at 403-471-0180 for more details.
While customers are encouraged to bring printed paperwork for their appointments, I can certainly have the documents printed out at my office (extra fees apply to all printouts provided by the commissioner). Please make sure that all forms requiring commissioning have been completed (not left blank) and are ready to be commissioned by the time of your appointment.
