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Guiding Principle I: Role As A Public Official

July 12, 2010

The first Guiding Principle listed in The Notary Public Code Of Professional Responsibility concerns the Notary’s role as a public official. It makes clear that Notaries have obligations to the general public to be fair, honest and impartial, and to perform those duties in a constitutionally acceptable manner. I THE NOTARY SHALL, AS A GOVERNMENT [...]

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State Introduces New Online Notary Service

May 21, 2010

INDIANAPOLIS—Indiana Secretary of State Todd Rokita announced today that his Business Services Division has launched a new online Notary portal to reduce the cost of government and to increase the speed of customer service for Indiana Notaries public. Now in Indiana, Notary commissions and revisions will occur exclusively online. “With over 80,000 currently in service, [...]

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Illinois Court Sets Nationwide Standard For Notary Employers

May 12, 2010

In Vancura v. Katris, the Illinois Appellate Court held a national photocopy chain directly liable for the misconduct of a Notary employee at a suburban Chicago store because the business failed to properly train & supervise him — even though state law imposed no such requirement. A relatively obscure appellate ruling in the nation’s heartland [...]

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U.S. Notary Law Updates AUG 1, 2010 North Dakota

May 12, 2010

Notary Law Update: Senate Bill 2322 Description: Senate Bill 2322 prohibits a Notary from notarizing any signature without positively identifying the signer. SB 2322 authorizes the Secretary of State to deny, revoke or suspend the commission of a Notary for violating any provision of Chapter 44-06 (“Notaries Public”) of the North Dakota Century Code and [...]

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Guiding Principle IV: The Certificate

May 12, 2010

IV THE NOTARY SHALL NOT EXECUTE A FALSE OR INCOMPLETE CERTIFICATE, NOR BE INVOLVED WITH ANY DOCUMENT OR TRANSACTION THAT THE NOTARY BELIEVES IS FALSE, DECEPTIVE OR FRAUDULENT. The notarial certificate & the information it contains are central to a Notary’s public duty. Different states have different requirements regarding what a certificate contains, but regardless [...]

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