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US State Notary Directory Scraper

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US State Notary Directory Scraper

Extract active notary public commission records from official US state government open-data portals. Covers five states — NY, TX, OR, CO, DE — sourcing data directly from Socrata open-data APIs published by each state's Secretary of State office.

What it does

The actor queries state government Socrata datasets and returns normalized notary commission records. No browser automation, no proxy required — all sources are open REST APIs.

Supported states:

State Dataset Records
New York (NY) data.ny.gov ~234K
Texas (TX) data.texas.gov ~558K
Oregon (OR) data.oregon.gov ~35K
Colorado (CO) data.colorado.gov ~75K
Delaware (DE) data.delaware.gov ~14K

Total: 900K+ records across all states.

Input

Field Type Default Description
states array All states Select one or more: CO, DE, NY, OR, TX
maxItems integer 15 Max records to return (0 = unlimited)
filterRON boolean false Return only RON-authorized notaries (CO, DE, OR)

Output

Each record contains:

Field Description
name Full name of the notary
first_name First name (TX, OR, CO)
middle_name Middle name or initial (CO)
last_name Last name (TX, OR, CO)
commission_number Commission ID issued by the state
commission_state Two-letter state code
commission_expires Expiration date (YYYY-MM-DD)
commission_start Issue date (YYYY-MM-DD, when available)
commission_type Traditional or Electronic (NY, CO, DE)
county Commission county (NY)
city City of address (TX, OR, DE)
zip ZIP code (TX, OR, CO)
address Street address (TX)
email Email address (TX)
RON_authorized Remote Online Notarization flag (boolean)
electronic_notary Electronic notary flag (boolean, CO, DE)
surety_company Bonding company name (TX)
bonding_agency Bond agency name (TX)
source_dataset Socrata dataset identifier

Example output (NY record)

{
  "name": "John A Smith",
  "commission_number": "02SM1234567",
  "commission_state": "NY",
  "commission_expires": "2027-08-13",
  "commission_start": "2023-08-13",
  "commission_type": "Traditional",
  "county": "Westchester",
  "RON_authorized": false,
  "source_dataset": "data.ny.gov/rwbv-mz6z"
}

Use cases

  • Lead generation — Build targeted lists of active notaries by state, county, or city
  • RON market research — Filter by filterRON: true to find Remote Online Notarization-authorized notaries
  • Verification — Cross-reference commission numbers, expiration dates, and credentials
  • Market analysis — Analyze notary density by geography using county/city/zip fields

Notes

  • No proxy required — all data sources are public government open-data APIs
  • No authentication — Socrata APIs are fully open
  • Data is refreshed by each state's Secretary of State; update frequency varies by state
  • The RON filter is supported for OR, CO, and DE; NY and TX data does not include RON indicators in the primary dataset
  • TX records include email addresses and surety company information not available in other states
  • maxItems: 0 returns all records (900K+ for all states — plan for long run times and sufficient memory)