KNOW BEFORE YOU GO
Your visit.
Your checklist.
Review the essentials before making an appointment. Confirm any additional requirements with the document’s issuer or recipient.
Hospitals & care facilities
Mobile appointments subject to facility access, visiting rules, identification and the notary’s assessment of willingness and ability to proceed. Coordinate with staff first.
BEFORE YOU CHOOSE A TIME
What to bring: Hospitals & care facilities
A practical checklist for this request. The document’s issuer or recipient may require additional items; confirm their instructions before the visit.
1. Your identification
Each signer should bring an original passport, driver’s license or government-issued nondriver ID that is current or expired no more than three years before the appointment. Other government ID with a photo or signature may be acceptable to the notary. Zachary may request additional identification.
No ID, an older expiration date or a name difference? Call before booking so Zachary can review lawful alternatives. A document witness is not automatically an identity witness. Do not upload ID photos or numbers.
2. Your documents
- The complete document requiring notarization and its issuer’s signing instructions.
- The signer’s original acceptable ID, arranged with the signer or authorized helper before the visit.
3. Check before the visit
- Coordinate access, visiting hours, room/location and any required witnesses with the facility.
- The signer must participate willingly and be able to proceed. If medication, communication, physical signing or ID is a concern, discuss arrangements with Zachary first.
- Facility staff are not automatically available or eligible to act as witnesses.
- Have every person whose signature will be notarized attend with their own ID. Bring any separate witnesses required for this document.
- Zavala’s witness policy excludes family members. Supplied witnesses need at least seven days’ notice and Zachary’s confirmation.
4. When to sign
Wait for Zachary’s signing instructions. Complete your own information beforehand, but leave the notary’s certificate, seal and notarial date for the notary.
Something missing or unclear? Call Zach at (509) 208-8383 before making plans. Do not upload identification or confidential records here.
Where these requirements come from
The ID and notarial-act guidance follows Washington’s identification law and notarial-act requirements. Document-specific lists are preparation guidance, not a legal determination that a package is complete or valid.
Missing something? Call Zach before making plans. More questions and answers.