Extract data from notarized documents

A notarized document is any instrument a notary public has certified, and the notarization is a wrapper around the underlying document rather than part of its content. Confirming the identity of the signer, observing the signing or taking an acknowledgment that it was signed, and affixing a seal and a certificate that says so, the notary vouches that the act happened. Banks accepting a signature by proxy, county recorders taking a deed, and records teams filing an affidavit all read the notarial block for the same facts: who signed, what identification proved it, which notary certified it under what commission, whether a seal is present, and where and when it happened. Cornell LII describes a notary public as a person authorized to administer oaths and certify signatures, and in most states the notarial act follows the Revised Uniform Law on Notarial Acts, so the certificate keeps a recognizable structure even when the document underneath changes. Validity turns on details that are easy to miss and sit in a small block at the foot of the page. Whether the notary was authorized on the day turns on the commission number and its expiration date, since a certificate signed after a commission lapses is defective. Identification the signer presented, a Driver License or a United States Passport, is recorded with its type and number to show identity was verified. Acknowledgment or jurat language has to be present, the seal or stamp has to be affixed, and any witnesses to the signing are listed with their own signatures. Some documents carry several signers, so a two-party instrument shows two principals, and the notarization location can differ from the notary home jurisdiction when a notary certifies across county lines, for example a signing in Cook County by a notary commissioned by the Illinois Secretary of State. Talonic reads the notarized document and returns the signer identity and identification, the notary name, commission number, jurisdiction, and commission expiration, and the acknowledgment, seal, and witness facts as fields, keeping the signers and any witnesses as tables. A General Power of Attorney notarized 2026-05-22 in Cook County by Rebecca Lindqvist under Illinois commission IL-NP-889201 expiring 2028-11-30, for a signer Gregory Alvarado who presented a Driver License, with the seal present and the acknowledgment statement on the page, loads into a records system so a reviewer confirms the notarization from fields rather than the certificate. This extraction records what the certificate states and does not rule on whether the notarization is legally valid.

What gets extracted from notarized documents

How extraction works for notarized documents

Notarized documents arrive as signed originals, recorded copies, and scans, and the notarial certificate is a small block, an acknowledgment or a jurat, appended to a document whose type changes every time. Talonic classifies the document and maps it to the notarial-record schema in the Field Registry, which separates the signer identity and identification from the notary credentials and the certificate facts. Notary name, commission number, jurisdiction, and commission expiration date are captured so a reviewer can confirm the notary was authorized on the notarization date, and the identification the signer presented, its type and number, is recorded. Acknowledgment or jurat language, the presence of a seal, and any witnesses are read as their own fields, while multiple signers return as a table. Notarization location is kept separately from the notary home jurisdiction, since the two can differ when a notary certifies across county lines. Each value returns with a confidence score and a region pointer aligned to DIN SPEC 91491, so a bank or a recorder can verify the commission number or the seal against the source certificate. Records-only by design, the output reports what the certificate states and does not determine whether the notarization is legally valid.

Sample extraction

A notarized power of attorney with an acknowledgment

{
  "document_number": "NOT-2026-0522",
  "document_date": "2026-05-22",
  "document_title": "General Power of Attorney",
  "principal.name": "Gregory Alvarado",
  "principal.identification_type": "Driver License",
  "principal.identification_number": "IL-D-4471-8890",
  "notary_public.name": "Rebecca Lindqvist",
  "notary_public.license_number": "IL-NP-889201",
  "notary_public.jurisdiction": "State of Illinois",
  "notary_public.commission_expiration_date": "2028-11-30",
  "notarization_location": "Cook County, Illinois",
  "acknowledgment_statement": true,
  "signature_present": true,
  "notary_seal_present": true,
  "number_of_signers": 1,
  "witnesses_present": false,
  "document_purpose": "Grant of financial authority to an agent",
  "document_language": "English",
  "signers": [
    {
      "signer_id": "S1",
      "full_name": "Gregory Alvarado",
      "signature_present": true,
      "signature_date": "2026-05-22"
    }
  ]
}

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