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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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The expanding roll of the mobile Notary Public

June 29, 2009

More and more we are seeing requests for mobile notary public service that are going beyond the normal roll a notary plays.  From loan closing services, Power of Attorney signings, trust documents signings, medical record retrieval and serving of subpoenas.  The notaries roll in the United States just keeps expanding.   To meet this demand [...]

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The Mobile Notary Business. Get out or Hang on?

November 12, 2007

Here we go.  The final 2 end of the month rushes of 2007.  And what a year it has been for mobile notaries, in 2007 we have seen an end of the REFI boom and the collapse of Sub-prime lending, and each and every one of us has been affected in some way.     [...]

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