49 O.S. § 49-113(F) (satisfactory evidence). F. A notarial officer has satisfactory evidence that a person is the person whose true signature is on a document if that person is personally known to the notarial officer, is identified upon the oath or affirmation of a credible witness personally known to the notarial officer or is identified on the basis of identification documents.
STATE IDs
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Oklahoma requires evidence of identity satisfactory to the notary; no specific documents are prescribed.
Driver's License
Out of State Driver's License
State Issued ID
Out of State State Issued ID
License to Carry/CHL
Out of State License to Carry/CHL
Voter ID Card*
Out of State Voter ID Card
Out of State Voter Registration Certificate
*Oklahoma does not issue this credential.
FEDERAL IDs
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Oklahoma requires evidence of identity satisfactory to the notary; no specific documents are prescribed.
U.S. Passport
U.S. Military ID
U.S. Military Dependent ID
Permanent Resident Card
Employment Authorization Card
VA Health ID Card
Social Security Card
Certificate of Citizenship
Certificate of Naturalization
Veteran ID Card
GOVERNMENT EMPLOYMENT IDs
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Oklahoma requires evidence of identity satisfactory to the notary; no specific documents are prescribed.
State Government Employee ID
County Government Employee ID
Municipal Government Employee ID
Federal Government Employee ID
INMATE IDs
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Oklahoma requires evidence of identity satisfactory to the notary; no specific documents are prescribed.
State Inmate ID
County Inmate ID
Federal Inmate ID
FOREIGN IDs
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Oklahoma requires evidence of identity satisfactory to the notary; no specific documents are prescribed.
Foreign Passport
Consular/Matricula ID
Foreign Driver's License
Foreign National ID Card
CREDIBLE WITNESS(ES)
Oklahoma (49 O.S. 113.F) accepts identification upon the oath or affirmation of a credible witness personally known to the notarial officer; the oath is the act. (Title 49, Uniform Law on Notarial Acts lineage, Laws 1985 c.131; amended Laws 2024 c.226).
One Credible Witness
Personally known to the notary
PERSONAL KNOWLEDGE
Personally Known*
*Personal knowledge permitted.
OTHER IDs
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Oklahoma requires evidence of identity satisfactory to the notary; no specific documents are prescribed.
Tribal ID
Last verified: August 2026
Journal Rules
No traditional journal statute
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NO TRADITIONAL JOURNAL MANDATE.
Journal required?
✗
Bound paper journal required?
✗
Wet signature required in journal?
✗
Wet thumbprint required?
✗
Digital journal allowed?
✓
Journal format
Optional
Last verified: August 2026
Notary Fees
49 O.S. § 5
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49 O.S. § 5 (NOTARIAL SEAL; AUTHENTICATION OF DOCUMENTS; PENALTIES; FEES; EXCEPTION) -- fee provision (sub§ A): The maximum fee a notary may charge and collect for each notarial act is Five Dollars ($5.00), except no fee shall be charged for the notarization of an official absentee ballot affidavit.
Acknowledgment (max)
$5.00
Jurat (max)
$5.00
Additional signature (max)
$5.00
Travel fee capped?
✗
Travel fee disclosure required?
✓
Last verified: August 2026
Notarial Acts
Acknowledgment
Jurat
Oath / affirmation
Certified copy*
Signature witnessing
Protest
*Certified copy: Copy must be a full, true, and accurate reproduction; official records may be certified only by their official custodian, not by a notary (49 O.S. 49-113(D)).
Last verified: August 2026
Certificate Language
Okla. Stat. tit. 16, § 95
Acknowledgment · Corporate · safe-harbor wording
Before me, {notary_name} in and for this state, on this {date_day} day of {date_month}, {date_year}, personally appeared {signer_name} to me known to be the identical person who subscribed the name of the maker thereof to the foregoing instrument as its {representative_title}, and acknowledged to me that he executed the same as his free and voluntary act and deed, and as the free and voluntary act and deed of the corporation, for the uses and purposes therein set forth.
Acknowledgment · Individual · safe-harbor wording
Before me, {notary_name} in and for this state, on this {date_day} day of {date_month}, {date_year}, personally appeared {signer_name} to me known to be the identical person who executed the within and foregoing instrument, and acknowledged to me that he executed the same as his free and voluntary act and deed for the uses and purposes therein set forth.
Certified Copy · General · safe-harbor wording
I certify that this is a true and correct copy of {document} in the possession of {signer_name}, made by me on {date}.
Jurat · Individual · safe-harbor wording
Subscribed and sworn to (or affirmed) before me on {date} by {signer_name}.
