About Sealing Time Mobile Notaries / Notary Apostille Agents

Important paperwork has a funny way of becoming urgent at the worst possible time. A closing is tomorrow. A loved one is in the hospital. A document has to reach another country and you’re already out of time. Or you simply need a notary apostille agent who will answer the phone and actually show up, no excuses.

Well, let not your heart be troubled. We built Sealing Time Mobile Notaries / Notary Apostille Agents to be your comprehensive, reliable, one-stop solution.

We’ve been serving New Yorkers since 2020, helping families, attorneys and their overworked paralegals, businesses and their rockstar receptionists, title and escrow companies, hospital patients, and everyday hardworking people handle notarizations, apostilles, and other important documents without the usual confusion. From our home base in Mott Haven a/k/a the Piano District of NYC, our network reaches across New York City and all 62 counties of New York.

Today, our network includes more than 500 NNA-certified mobile notary apostille agents covered by our $1M insurance policy. That’s 10X more coverage than 99% of other notary public New York City providers (just saying). Together, we have completed more than 10,000 notarizations and apostilles for over 3,000 satisfied clients and counting.

But the numbers are not really the point.

The point is that when something important is sitting on your kitchen table, hospital tray, conference-room desk, or laptop screen waiting to get done, you should not have to wonder whether the person you hired is a novice that doesn’t know the difference between a jurat and an acknowledgement.

What We Do

We’re a local practice that takes the title of public servant literally, helping New Yorkers, indigenous, transplanted, or undocumented (we don’t discriminate) get important documents signed, sealed by a notary, authenticated, apostilled, translated, served and moved to the next step on easy mode.

Our services include:

  • Mobile notary service at homes, offices, hospitals, nursing homes, hotels, airports, and other locations throughout NYC
  • Remote online notarization completed safely from your phone in under 10 minutes when meeting in person isn’t practical
  • Hassle-free apostille services for birth certificates, diplomas, etc. bound for Hague and non-Hague countries
  • Federal apostille coordination through our Washington, D.C. team of licensed and insured notary apostille agents
  • Real estate closings and loan signing services for purchases, refinances, HELOCs, reverse mortgages, and seller packages
  • Compassionate estate planning docs notarization, including wills, trusts, powers of attorney, and healthcare directives
  • Witness coordination when your documents require unrelated witnesses and you’d rather not ask ‘Gossiping Gabby’ next door
  • Certified and notarized translations in over 50 languages by ISO Certified native speakers, accepted by courts & embassies 
  • On-site mobile fingerprinting on official FD-258 cards for licensing and background checks
  • Same-day process serving on anyone, including VIPs with security (trust me, we’ve served A-list athletes before!), anywhere, any time
  • Lawyer-approved legal document preparation through our trusted paralegal partners

We can also help with the small stuff that quickly metastisizes into Mount Everest as your deadline approaches i.e. printing (free and unlimited* on every order), scanning, overnight shipping, FedEx, UPS or DHL drop-offs, certified copies of vital records retrievals, and international delivery.

The goal is simple. You should be able to make one call, understand how we’ll save the day in real-time, and get back to your busy schedule (or Netflix binges).

Why New Yorkers Choose Us

There’s usually a deadline, a legal matter, a hospital visit, a real estate closing, an overseas requirement, an apostille State Department rejection or someone waiting on the other end for paperwork.

That is why we built our service around certainty.

  • You can reach a real person. Our receptionist, Rachel, helps answer calls 24 hours a day, 6 days a week.
  • You know what’s happening next. We send you and the signers confirmations, calendar invites, reminders, and clear updates instead of loose arrangements and crossed fingers.
  • We come prepared. Our mobile notaries are NNA-certified, licensed professionals, and we take presentation, punctuality, and document handling seriously.
  • We can move quickly. Our mobile notary apostille agents can often get to you in under two hours, and our online notaries can meet within 30 minutes of receiving your booking.
  • We handle complicated apostilles. Our team works with state documents, federal documents, Hague countries, non-Hague countries, consulates, embassies, certified copies, translations, and shipping.
  • We pay attention to the details. By sweating the small stuff, so to speak, clients regularly mention how carefully we reviewed their documents on their apostille orders in their reviews.
  • We respect your privacy. Whether we meet at a Manhattan law office, a hospital room in the Bronx, an apartment in Brooklyn, or online, your business is treated like your business. Period.

Across Google, Thumbtack, Yelp, and BookingPage, clients have left us nearly 500 five-star reviews. While we are humbled and grateful for that, we never want a new client to feel like they’re just review #481.

Every appointment still has a real New Yorker, someone from the neighborhood, a red-blooded human attached to it.

M. H. Palmer, the CEO and senior mobile notary apostille agent of Sealing Time Mobile Notaries / Notary Apostille Agents wearing a taupe blazer guides an elderly black gentleman with white hair sitting at a wooden dining table. The senior man signs legal documents on a clipboard with a pen, with a silver medical walker positioned nearby. The agent holds a tablet in a warmly lit, comfortable home setting, demonstrating patient, in-home mobile notary public new york city services for estate planning and power of attorney documents.

Born to be Public Servants (Literally!)

Sealing Time Mobile Notaries / Notary Apostille Agents was built around four values: altruism, courtesy, professionalism, and respect.

Those words sound nice on a wall or the side of a NYPD card. They matter more when things get stressful.

Altruism means we try to be useful, not just make a sale. We offer to take our shoes off at the door, greet warmly and with a smile, lead with compassion and good old-fashioned hospitality that grandmas and grandads worldwide still value.

Courtesy means we remember that the person in front of us may be dealing with a sick parent that’s most lucid in the mornings, a major financial decision, an overseas deadline, or paperwork they have never seen before. Patience matters.

Professionalism means the details count. Showing up dressed appropriately counts. Confirming an appointment counts. Reading the room in a hospital counts. Triple-checking the paperwork before everyone walks away counts.

And respect means we don’t treat you, your time, home, office, family, or documents casually.

As a 7th-day Adventist owned practice, our faith shapes how we do business. Each week, we close from Friday sunset through Saturday sunset to rest, recharge, spend time with family and friends, and worship.

That rhythm reminds us that people matter more than paperwork.

It also helps us to recalibrate and remember that this is a missional business. Our BHAG (big, hairy, audacious goal) is to eliminate unemployment, underemployment and high-APR debt for every member of our community by training thousands of local church and community members to earn a prevailing wage and a dignified living providing legal services nationwide. When you work with us, you are getting premier service while helping us build financial independence for local families.

We are building a business, yes. We also want that business to do some good.

Proudly Serving New York City

Our headquarters is in the south Bronx, and we’re upgrading to a new storefront in Manhattan next year, but our work takes us all over New York.

On any given week, that might mean an apostille for a Manhattan law firm, a trust signing on the Upper East Side, a mobile notary visit at NYU Langone in Sunset Park or Mount Sinai near Columbus Circle, a real estate closing in Westchester County, a remote online notarization appointment for a family in the Hamptons setting up their estate plan, or a last-minute signing near JFK before someone boards a flight.

We have served over 3,000 happy clients at hospitals, nursing homes, courts, law offices, title companies, consulates, airports, private homes, and businesses across the five boroughs and beyond.

Our network can provide mobile notary and apostille services throughout all 62 counties of New York, including Manhattan, the Bronx, Brooklyn, Queens, Staten Island, Westchester County, Long Island (Nassau and Suffolk Counties), and communities across the state.

Being local helps because New York has its own rhythm. Traffic happens. Buildings have security desks. Hospitals have rules. Courts have procedures. International paperwork has deadlines.

Knowing how to work around those details can be the difference between “handled” and “we have a problem.”

Ready to Get Started?

If you have an important document sitting in front of you and you’ve been Googling “notary near me” and still not sure what happens next, break the inertia with a quick, no obligation phone call.

Call (929) 685-0834, or request a free estimate online. Tell us what’s at stake, and when you need it done and we’ll help you figure out the next step and get the paperwork moving.