Data sources & credits

Listings in Do I Need A Notary? are compiled from the sources below. Each is named with the dataset it came from, the licence it is used under, and the credit that licence requires. Where a licence makes attribution a condition of use, that credit is reproduced here word for word.

• Connecticut Secretary of State (notary)

  Connecticut Secretary of the State notary public roster

  Licence:

  NOT FOUND — the bulk-data page returned HTTP 404 in this pass

  Credited as:

  Source: Connecticut Secretary of State (notary) — Connecticut Secretary of the State notary public roster, https://portal.ct.gov/sots

  Last updated from source:

  2026-05-16

  The bulk-data path returned a CT.gov 404, so nothing could be read in this pass. The recorded verdict describes a free notary roster download with no terms, restriction or licence text, but that was not re-verified here.

• Delaware (notary)

  Delaware Secretary of State notary public roster

  Licence:

  NOT FOUND — URL returned HTTP 404 in this pass

  Credited as:

  Source: Delaware (notary) — Delaware Secretary of State notary public roster, https://sos.delaware.gov/notary/

  Last updated from source:

  2026-05-16

  The page returned HTTP 404, so this is a gap with the URL attempted, not an absence proven.

• Google Places — audited paid corpus (dated tags only)

  Google Places API business records, notary vertical, April 2026 audited pull

  Licence:

  Google Maps Platform Terms of Service (credentialed paid API)

  Required credit:

  Google Maps

  Last updated from source:

  2026-04-14

  Google specifies the Google Maps logo, or the text "Google Maps" where space is constrained. Scope is the dated audited tags only; the bare `google_places` tag is a separate, unresearched authority and is never covered by this entry.

• legacy_pre_path_y (unknown provenance)

  Pre-PathY legacy rows — originating authority not recorded at load time

  Licence:

  No licence asserted — provenance not recorded

  Last updated from source:

  2026-05-07

  These rows predate the PathY provenance standard and carry no recorded source authority, so no licence can be asserted over them and no credit can honestly be given. They are listed here rather than omitted, because an omitted source on a credits page is a false provenance claim, not a shorter page. This is IRRECOVERABLE, not unresearched: it is not closable by reading a licence page.

• New Jersey (notary)

  New Jersey Division of Revenue notary public list

  Licence:

  NOT FOUND — URL returned HTTP 404 in this pass

  Credited as:

  Source: New Jersey (notary) — New Jersey Division of Revenue notary public list, https://www.nj.gov/treasury/revenue/notaryinfo.shtml

  Last updated from source:

  2026-05-16

  The page returned HTTP 404, so nothing could be read in this pass. The recorded verdict notes the list is "for informational purposes only" and "cannot be used for certification purposes" — use restrictions, not attribution requirements.

• Oregon Secretary of State (notary)

  Oregon Secretary of State notary public roster

  Licence:

  NOT FOUND — the fetch did not complete (socket hang up)

  Credited as:

  Source: Oregon Secretary of State (notary) — Oregon Secretary of State notary public roster, https://sos.oregon.gov/business/Pages/notary.aspx

  Last updated from source:

  2026-05-16

  The fetch itself failed, so this is a gap with the URL attempted, not an absence proven.

• Self-serve (user submitted)

  Rows submitted by the business owner through /list-your-business

  Licence:

  Submitted by the listing owner under this site's Terms

  Last updated from source:

  2026-09-06

  Not an external authority. The row is contributed by the business itself, so no third-party credit is owed.

• Texas Secretary of State (notary)

  Texas Secretary of State notary public appointment register, open-data extract

  Licence:

  NOT FOUND

  Credited as:

  Source: Texas Secretary of State (notary) — Texas Secretary of State notary public appointment register, open-data extract, https://www.sos.state.tx.us/statdoc/index.shtml

  Last updated from source:

  2026-05-12

  Page read in full; no attribution, credit, licence or reuse restriction. The Socrata dataset metadata separately shows "Rights: read" with an accuracy disclaimer — a catalogue field, not a licence.

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