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Guiding Principle VII: The Seal

April 8, 2010

VII THE NOTARY SHALL AFFIX A SEAL ON EVERY NOTARIZED DOCUMENT AND NOT ALLOW THIS UNIVERSALLY RECOGNIZED SYMBOL OF OFFICE TO BE USED BY ANOTHER OR IN AN ENDORSEMENT OR PROMOTION. Whether in traditional or electronic form, the seal is an essential tool of notarization and an important symbol of the Notary’s authority. A mishandled [...]

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New Journal Requierments for California Notaries

March 5, 2010

When completing multiple notarizations for the same signer — a common occurrence for mortgages and other real estate-related transactions, for example — California Notary Public‘s commonly use ditto marks to repeat the same information on successive lines in their journals, and they often draw a diagonal line across the signature spaces so the signer only [...]

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Guiding Principle II of The Notary Public Code of Professional Responsibility: II

March 5, 2010

THE NOTARY SHALL ACT AS AN IMPARTIAL WITNESS AND NOT PROFIT OR GAIN FROM ANY DOCUMENT OR TRANSACTION REQUIRING A NOTARIAL ACT, APART FROM THE FEE ALLOWED BY STATUTE. Impartiality is crucial to ensure the integrity of notarized documents. Notarial acts are trusted because Notaries serve as unbiased, third-party witnesses who verify a signer’s identity [...]

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New Lender Rules Shows a Need for Notary Best Practices

March 5, 2010

Notaries who have failed to follow best practices, or who have “slipped” on paying attention to detail, have inadvertently launched a little, but growing trend of mortgage lenders implementing their own requirements and rules for the Signing Agents they hire.   A little number of lenders have implemented their policies to protect themselves because hazardous [...]

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N3 Notary Going Beyond What the State Requires

October 30, 2009

In last month news letter we sent you an article titled “Appellate Court Again Holds Notary And Employer To Higher Standards”.   In response to these recent court decisions, and in our ongoing effort to improve the integrity of our service for our customers N3 Notary has implemented new standards for all of our notaries [...]

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