Do you really need a notary? If you're holding an important document and wondering whether it needs to be notarized, you're not alone. This question often comes up in the middle of something else—you're helping a parent with paperwork, preparing estate planning documents, closing a business transaction, signing an affidavit, or discovering that a document needs to be used in another country. Sometimes the answer is yes. Sometimes it isn't. Whether notarization is required dep