Your South Carolina notary stamp
This South Carolina notary stamp pairs your commissioned name with the Trodat 4642 self-inking housing. Its listed impression is 1⅝ inches round. The form contains Notary and Commission Expires, followed by the exact ink and supply choices available for this product. It does not combine different housings behind a model selector.
A South Carolina notary seal bears the notary’s name, Notary Public and State of South Carolina. The state definition allows an ink stamp or an embosser. This page sells the ink stamp; the Hand Held Embosser checkbox adds a separate tool for a raised impression. The housing photographs help you recognize the product, while the live preview checks your entered details.
The commission date and the document
The Secretary of State’s reference manual says that printing the commission expiration in the seal is optional. You may fill Commission Expires to include it or leave that field blank. The product keeps the supplier’s label and does not add a county or commission-number field that the source form does not contain.
Leaving the date off your South Carolina notary stamp does not remove the document requirement. Section 26-1-60 requires the expiration below the signature, and §26-1-90(B)(3) allows it in the seal or elsewhere in the certificate. The commission expiration is also different from the date of an individual notarial act. Use your current commission as the reference when choosing the engraved date.
The seal provisions reviewed do not give a numerical diameter or named ink color. The 1⅝-inch description is the listed product dimension. A screen preview is not a measurement of a finished impression, and the size of the housing in a photograph is not the size of the seal face.
A refillable self-inking housing
The Trodat 4642 has an internal pad that re-inks the die between impressions. The pad can be refilled or replaced. Its open lower frame helps you see the placement area. The lifestyle photograph shows the black housing in hand, and the other gallery views show the housing alone, closed, from the rear and with its removable lid.
This South Carolina notary stamp offers Black, Pink, Red, Purple, Blue, Orange, Green, Dry and Brown in the source order. The ink selection concerns the impression rather than a matching case color. Dry is an offered configuration; it does not produce a colored ink impression by itself.
Ordering and matching extras
Choose Qty, enter Notary and decide whether to include Commission Expires. Review the changing text preview, select ink and check any supplies you want. Special Instructions can explain a relevant production detail such as preserving an initial. Avoid adding private information about clients or documents; those are not needed to personalize this stamp.
The independent extras include a Hand Held Embosser, Soft Covered Journal, Hard Covered Journal, Thumb Print Pad, Small Notary Bag with Lock, Large Notary Bag with Lock, Gold Embossing Labels, Notary Privacy Guard and Seal Inker. The small bag is six by twelve inches; the large is ten by fourteen. Both listings include combination locks. The privacy guards come as a pack of two.
The three Notary Supply Starter Kit checkboxes have different contents. Starter includes refill ink, a soft journal, thumbprint pad and two privacy guards. Intermediate adds the large lockable bag. Professional adds an EZ hand embosser, gold foil seals and seal inker. None includes another primary stamp. Because every checkbox is independent, a kit and a separately selected item may overlap.
Review the cart with the complete South Carolina notary stamp configuration. Use the product’s edit action if the name or date needs correcting; the matching accessory details stay associated with that product. This physical stamp provides no electronic seal file. If you searched for “notary stamp South Carolina” while seeking an electronic credential, confirm the type of tool your work requires.
South Carolina notary stamp questions
- Must I fill Commission Expires?
- No. The official manual says expiration in the seal is optional. Leaving this product field blank omits that engraved date; the expiration must still appear on the notarial document as required by the cited code.
- Does this form require a county or commission number?
- No. This exact product asks for Notary and Commission Expires. Those are the personalization fields carried with your order; unrelated fields from another state are not added.
- Does the pictured stamp include the supplies?
- The base product is the Trodat 4642 stamp. Select supplies separately using their checkboxes. Compare the individual items with the three kit descriptions, because their contents can overlap.
- Is this a stamp or an embosser?
- The primary product is a self-inking stamp that makes an ink impression. The Hand Held Embosser extra makes a raised impression. State law recognizes both types, but purchasing this stamp does not automatically add the embosser.