School districts across El Paso — EPISD, Ysleta, Socorro, Canutillo, Clint and Anthony — ask for a notarized affidavit of residency when a family lives with relatives, rents without a lease in their name, or has just moved into the attendance zone. Both the parent and the homeowner or leaseholder usually sign, each swearing that the child actually lives at the address. The same week, a grandparent may need a Social Security form notarized, a veteran a VA affidavit, a new employee a Texas DPS statement, and a college student a homeschool or athletic eligibility affidavit. None of these documents is complicated; what is hard is getting two working adults and a notary into the same room before the registration window closes. That is exactly what a mobile notary is for.
Almost every school and agency form in this category is a sworn statement, which in Texas means a jurat: the signer takes an oath before the notary and signs in the notary's presence, and the notary completes the certificate with venue, date, signature and seal under Texas Government Code Chapter 406. The statutory fee is $10 for each oath. Each district publishes its own affidavit form, and the form controls — we notarize the district's document, not a substitute. Government agencies are the same: Texas DPS, the Social Security Administration, the Department of Veterans Affairs, the Teacher Retirement System and county offices each specify when a notarized signature is required and print the certificate on the form. One service in this group is not a notarial act at all: proctoring an online driving-school or course exam, where the notary verifies your identity and witnesses that you took the test yourself.
Text or call (915) 302-0902, tell us which form and how many people are signing, and we set a time — evenings and weekends included, because that is when both adults are home. The fee is $10 per oath plus a $39 travel fee anywhere in El Paso; a residency affidavit signed by a parent and a homeowner is two oaths, $20 plus travel. Bring unexpired photo ID for every signer and leave the affidavit unsigned until the notary arrives. We cannot tell you whether you qualify for a program, fill in the form for you, or advise on a benefits question; the school registrar or the agency does that. We make sure the signature is properly sworn and the certificate is complete, so the form is accepted the first time.
Documents we notarize
- Affidavit of Residency for school enrollment (EPISD, Ysleta ISD, Socorro ISD, Canutillo, Clint and Anthony ISDs)
- Guardianship and residency statements for enrollment when a child lives with a relative
- School documents: transcript and records requests, athletic eligibility and homeschool affidavits
- Certified copies of diplomas and school records (non-recordable documents)
- Texas DPS affidavits and statements of identity or address
- Social Security Administration forms that require a notarized signature
- Department of Veterans Affairs and Fort Bliss forms
- Teacher Retirement System (TRS) and Employees Retirement System (ERS) beneficiary and spousal-consent forms
- County and state agency applications that print a notary certificate on the form
- Government issuance forms and out-of-state agency forms mailed to El Paso relatives
- DS-3053 passport consent for a minor (see our travel consent page)
- Identification Affidavits
- Online driving school and course exam proctoring (witness service)
August in El Paso: the residency affidavit rush
Registration for EPISD, Ysleta ISD and Socorro ISD opens in late summer, and every campus registrar asks the same families for the same document: a sworn statement that the student lives at the address on file, signed by the parent and by the person who owns or leases the home. Grandparents raising grandchildren, families sharing a house in the Lower Valley, and soldiers newly assigned to Fort Bliss all fall into this group. We schedule back-to-back evening appointments across the Eastside, Northeast and Mission Valley during those weeks, and we bring the notary journal, so each signer's ID and oath are recorded the way Texas requires. Ask your campus for its current form first; districts revise them.
Agency forms, retirement systems and exam proctoring
Beyond the schools, the forms that most often need a notary in El Paso are Social Security statements and representative-payee paperwork, Texas DPS affidavits for identity or address, VA forms for Fort Bliss veterans and their survivors, Teacher Retirement System and Employees Retirement System beneficiary and spousal-consent forms, county exemption applications and out-of-state agency forms mailed to relatives here. Online driving-school providers and some certification programs also require a proctored final exam: the notary confirms your identity, watches you take the test, and signs the provider's proctor statement. That is a witness service, priced as an ordinary notarial act, and it is not a notarization of the exam itself.
What to bring
- Unexpired government photo ID for every person signing
- The district's or agency's own form, complete but unsigned
- For residency affidavits: the homeowner or leaseholder, present with ID
- For exam proctoring: your device, login and the provider's proctor form
- Payment (card, cash or app)
How a mobile appointment works
Text or call to book
Tell us the form and how many people sign. We confirm the fee — $10 per oath, $39 travel anywhere in El Paso — and pick a time when everyone is home, evenings and weekends included.
We come to you
At your home or workplace the notary checks each ID, administers the oath, watches each signer sign and completes the certificate printed on the form. A two-signer residency affidavit takes about ten minutes.
Turn it in
You hand the notarized original to the campus registrar or mail it to the agency. If a district or agency rejects a certificate we completed, we return and correct it at no charge.