US State Notary Directory Scraper — 900K+ Records

Extract active notary public commission records directly from official US state government open-data portals — not from a third-party notary directory or aggregator. All five sources are Socrata datasets published by each state's Secretary of State office, which matters for verification and compliance use cases where source provenance counts.

Covered states:

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

Total: 900K+ records across all states.

Texas is the largest state by record count and is notable for two reasons: TX records include email addresses and surety company information that are not available in other states. For outreach-focused use cases, a TX-only run gives you both a contact email and the bonding company name for each notary.

What does the US State Notary Directory Scraper do?

The scraper queries each selected state's Socrata open-data API and normalizes the results into a single schema. No browser, no proxy, no authentication — all sources are public REST APIs. The optional filterRON flag returns only Remote Online Notarization-authorized notaries, supported for OR, CO, and DE.

What data does it extract?

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

How to use it

Lead generation — active notaries in a specific county (TX email list): Run with states: ["TX"] to get 558K records including email and address. Filter downstream by city or zip to target active notaries in a specific market. TX is the only state with email addresses in the primary dataset, making it the go-to for outreach use cases.

RON market research (CO, OR, DE):

{
  "states": ["CO", "OR", "DE"],
  "filterRON": true,
  "maxItems": 0
}

Full nationwide pull:

{
  "states": ["NY", "TX", "OR", "CO", "DE"],
  "maxItems": 0
}

Field	Type	Default	Description
states	array	["NY", "TX"]	Select from: CO, DE, NY, OR, TX
maxItems	integer	10	Max records across all states. 0 = unlimited.
filterRON	boolean	false	Return only RON-authorized notaries (OR, CO, DE)

Use cases

• Lead generation — Build targeted lists of active notaries by state, city, or county. For outreach, prioritize a TX run: 558K records with email addresses and commission expiration dates, filterable by city or zip to match your territory.
• RON market research — Set filterRON: true to find notaries already authorized for remote online notarization in OR, CO, and DE. Use this to size addressable markets for RON platform vendors.
• Commission verification — Cross-reference commission numbers and expiration dates against self-reported credentials. The source_dataset field preserves the provenance of each record back to the specific government portal.
• Market analysis — Analyze notary density by geography using county (NY), city (TX, OR, DE), and zip fields to identify underserved markets.
• Surety and bonding industry data — TX records include surety_company and bonding_agency fields, useful for bonding firms tracking commission portfolios.

FAQ

Why use this instead of a notary directory website? This actor reads directly from state government Socrata APIs — the same data underlying official Secretary of State lookups. Third-party directories re-aggregate this data and may lag behind or omit records. For verification and compliance use cases, primary government source data is the appropriate choice.

Does the RON filter work for all states? No. filterRON: true applies to OR, CO, and DE. NY and TX do not include RON authorization indicators in their primary Socrata datasets.

What formats can I export to? Apify supports JSON, CSV, and Excel export from the dataset view.