1. You should always contact the jail prior to contacting a Notary Public to ensure they allow visitors.

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2. You should always try to contact the inmate prior to the Notary's visit to the jail to ensure you have gone over why you are sending a Notary to them and what the document will entail. Notaries are not responsible for going over documents with inmates as Notaries are not attorneys and can't offer legal advice.

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3. If your document calls for a witness you should note that many jailers will not act as a witness on your documents. Which means that you may have to pay additional fees if the Notary must bring a secondary witness. Often times, the secondary witness will be another Notary as most jails will only allow multiple people in to see an inmate if they are State officials (like a Notary or an Attorney. 

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4. Notaries are not allowed to create documents for inmates to sign such as Release Forms, Power of Attorney Forms, Divorce Documents, etc unless they are also a Licensed Document Preparer or an Attorney. You should always come in hand with your document when requesting a Notary. 

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5. You should be able to either meet the Notary at the Jail you are requesting to retrieve the document when the appointment is done, provide them a FedEx or UPS label to ship the document to you, or be willing to pay for a FedEx, UPS label (or courier fee) to have the Notary return the document to you.

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6). Many jails will not allow inmates to sign with an Ink pen. This may be alarming, however, there are no Federal Laws that State a person's signature must be in INK to be legally binding. If the Jail your Notary services does not allow Ink signatures, this is not a fault of your Notary. Your Notaries Signature and Stamp will always be in ink.