Being a notary, I appreciate when people bring me documents that have these stickers on them. Notaries deal with a multitude of documents and sometimes it is hard to tell what exactly needs to be notarized, especially if it is from a state other than my state (Pennsylvania). By having these "notarize" stickers on documents, it is a big help to me. And since I cannot notarize documents for family, I keep these on hand to put on documents that my family members must take to another notary to have notarized.