Welcome and thanks for visiting!

You’ve reach the website for Edward Thomas, Notary Public for the Commonwealth of Virginia.  You can read more about who I am by selecting “About Me” from the menu above or by clicking here.

I am a mobile notary, providing traditional notary services by appointment only for those in the Lynchburg regional area.  My availability is very limited, but I will certainly try to help you with your notary needs.  If we can’t quite make the schedules work, I provide plenty of tips on finding a notary in your area, just check out the “Find a Notary” page at the top.

I charge the maximum statutory fee allowed under Virginia law per notarial act that I perform. That fee is $5 until July 1, 2024; on that date it becomes $10.  This fee is payable by cash, credit/debit card, or by using your mobile device for contactless payment with Apple Pay or Android Pay.  Travel fees may also apply to some appointments depending on day, time, and location. You can find more information on fees and payments by visiting  the Fees and Service Area page.

Thank you again for visiting my website.  Feel free to look around.  If you have any questions, you can email me anytime by clicking here.

A Personal Note from the Desk of Edward Thomas (4/3/24):

I have received a few emails from people asking what the deal is with my website. The original deadline for the new website was January 1st, then February 1st, then the end of March, the end of April, and now mid-May 2024. What is the hold-up? Well, as you may read if you visit around my current site, being a notary is not my occupation. Neither is designing and managing websites, for that matter.

Both my current and new site are built on a very popular content management system (CMS) and although that CMS does in many ways makes maintaining a website easier, it can take a lot of work in the beginning to get it all setup. I could have simply migrated my existing site to a new design and turned it on in just a day or two, but for the new version of my site, I decided to start from scratch because much of the text on this site hasn’t been updated in 8 years! This takes time… a LOT of time. A whole lot of time! And, time just isn’t something I have an abundance of these days.

To that end, the new website will also come with a new “brand” (for lack of a better word). I have, for many years, referred to myself as the “last resort” for people who have exhausted all other avenues for finding a notary in the Lynchburg area. As my life has gotten busier and my availability less and less, I’m really leaning into this “last resort” branding. When the new site goes live, it will be known as “Last Resort Notary” (spoiler alert: you can already access this website from LastResortNotary.com). My email address will not change, and the domain name EdwardThomas.org (and LynchburgNotary.com) will continue to work as well, but the official address and name for my site will change.

I do apologize for the extended delay in my new website and for the “hodge-podge” kind of updating that I have been doing lately. I am trying to push new information out as it’s made available (such as with the new HB986 regarding notary fees), but most of my resources (when I have them) are going towards working on the new site. Thank you for your understanding and patience. I’m still taking notary appointments during this time (when available) except for during the month of April.