Red Carpet Mobile Notary & Apostille: The Las Vegas Notary Who Reads the Room

Before her first appointment of the day, Patricia Shabel puts on her Red Carpet Mobile Notary and Apostille shirt, does her hair and makeup and, as she put it, makes herself “look fabulous and professional.” Then she takes the calls. She talks with each person about what they need, sets a time and drives out to meet them.

Patricia runs Red Carpet Mobile Notary & Apostille, a mobile notary and apostille service in Las Vegas. “I always come with the attitude of I'm there to be of service, and I'm there to help them with what they need,” she told Neon in her 702 Alliance interview.

A chance she decided to take

A company brought Patricia to Las Vegas. She had been working remotely for it during the pandemic, and when it opened a new office here, she moved, in January 2021. That September, the company closed. “I was driving for Lyft and Uber and just trying to figure out why I was in Las Vegas and what I was supposed to be doing, and this presented itself,” she said.

When she found out about notary work, she saw how it fit her background in real estate investing, especially the loan signings. “I had nothing else going on, and I decided to just take a chance.”

Serious paperwork, a lighter touch

“A lot of times, notary work and apostille can be for something very serious,” Patricia said. “In fact, most of the time it is for something serious.” She notarizes powers of attorney, trusts and wills, sometimes for clients in the hospital.

She brings her own sense of humor to those visits, “just enough to lighten what the situation is,” and she reads the room first. At a divorce signing, where the couple often doesn't want to be there together, she works quickly and carefully, aware of everyone there. “I just make it a point that it's a great experience for everyone.”

She also explains what she's doing and why, so that if anything comes up later, her clients know how to deal with it.

The notary party trick

At every appointment, Patricia does what she calls her notary party trick. Every state hides something on its driver's licenses and ID cards that only a UV light can see, and when she checks a client's ID, she shows them what's hidden on theirs.

“They're always fascinated,” she said. Little kids say “Wow,” and adults and older clients are just as taken with it. “I think it's fascinating.” Whenever she gets an ID from a new state, she looks up what that state hides. The trick does real work, too: “I'm verifying the identification at the same time of showing them what there is and actually kind of entertaining them a little bit.”

The moments that stay with her

One appointment she remembers was for a wedding. A couple who had been together 51 years were getting married, and their granddaughter called Patricia to notarize the paperwork. The groom, close to 80, was in a hospital bed in the living room. Patricia asked him if he was sure he wanted to go through with it, then told the bride she could still back out. “I'm not the notary,” she joked. “I'm the entertainment.” They laughed, and, she said, “we just had a great time.”

Other visits come at the end of a life. Patricia has notarized wills, trusts and powers of attorney for several people on their deathbeds. Families are often anxious in those moments, she said, so she brings care to the family and focuses on the person signing, “to be present with the person who's going to be signing the documents.” A couple of those clients passed away within a day or two of signing. “I was very grateful and moved for the opportunity to be able to be there with them and to help them in this really important moment in the cycle of life.”

Apostilles, door to door

Patricia's other specialty is the apostille, which she describes as “an international notarization or authentication for documents that are being used in another country.” Someone moving abroad may need a visa, residency and a birth certificate or other documents, possibly translated and notarized. “And I can provide all of that,” she said, for documents from all 50 states.

The process is different for every client, whether a document starts in Nevada and is headed to Spain or to Mauritania. Countries in the Hague Convention follow one process, countries outside it follow a longer, more detailed one, and there are federal apostilles as well. “I find it fascinating,” she said.

She picks the documents up, notarizes them if they need it, runs them through the right state's process and brings them back to the client herself. Most states have ways to expedite, so “instead of it taking weeks or months, I can get it done in as little as 24 hours, or same day in some cases,” depending on the state.

“I bring a level of excellence to it, and I make sure that everything is done correctly,” she said. “I guarantee my work.” She has never had a problem with an apostille, but if there ever is one, she will fix it at no cost to her client.

What's next

Patricia is building an app for her apostille clients: a chain-of-custody tracker, like the tracking Amazon and FedEx offer, but just for apostilles, so clients can see which step their document is at and when to expect it back. For now, she keeps each client posted herself: where things stand, anything that comes up and how soon they will have their documents back.

Patricia also speaks Spanish. Visit the Red Carpet Mobile Notary & Apostille profile for hours, service areas and contact information.

Based on Patricia Shabel's Neon phone interview, October 18, 2026. For corrections or removal, contact Cody.