May 2, 2009

“OC NOTARY NOW” Orange County’s First Choice For Mobile Notary Signings! Call 949-306-3114 Today!

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CALL 24 Hours a day for all your mobile notary needs!

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$10, OC Notary OC Notary OC Notary OC Notary 949-306-3114

Posted in Uncategorized at 9:22 pm by ocnotarynow

“Orange County’s First Choice For Mobile Notary Service”
Reliable, affordable, friendly, we travel to your preferred location.

Mobile Notary Services 24/7

Notary Services:

* Certify Copies of Power of Attorney 
* Acknowledgements
* Jurat 
* Oaths and Affirmations
* Anyone needing Notary Public services

Examples of documents to be notarized

* Trust documents
* Certify Copy of Power of Attorney
* Application for vital data
* Copy certification by document custodian
* Real Estate documents
* Corporate documents
* Adoptions
* Advance Health Care Directive
* Affidavit of citizenship
* Parental permission
* Prenuptial agreements
* Vehicle transfer of ownership
* More……..

Loan signing services to:

* Escrow companies
* Title companies 
* Mortgage companies
* Lenders 
* anyone needing the services of Certified Notary Signing Agent

AVAILABLE 24/7

CALL 949-306-3114

www.ocnotarynow.com

Email: Mike@ocnotarynow.com

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May 1, 2009

Mobile Notary Downtown Laguna Beach

Posted in Uncategorized at 9:20 am by ocnotarynow

OC NOTARY NOW

If you live or work in the Downtown Laguna Beach area OC Notary Now is available to meet all of your notary needs. We are strictly a traveling notary service so we can meet you at a time and location that is convenient for you.
Whether it is a business, residence, hospital, hotel, convalescent home, law office, airport, restaurant or any other agreed upon location we look forward to providing you excellent service.

CALL 949-306-3114 or Visit Us www.conotarynow.com

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Notaries, Do You Know What You Can Charge???

Posted in Uncategorized at 9:14 am by ocnotarynow

We had a lady concerned that she was over charged for a document with three signatures. Here is the transcript from that live chat session:

Customer Service: How may I help you today?

Christine: Is the notary charge per notary signature or per witness signature? 

Christine: We just got charged $30 to notarize one document. That has never happened to me before.

Customer Service: The notary charges per signature notarized, per document. That is correct if it is 3 different signers.

Christine: So, if each person signed the same document, but only one notary signature appears and one notary seal. Under California law it is $30 to notarize that document?

Customer Service: That is the maximum the notary can charge, correct. There should have also been 3 separate journal entries as well.

Christine: That is very strange. I have had documents notarized before and we only were charged $10 for the notary seal/signature, even though two people signed the document.

Customer Service: Most notaries do not know what they are doing, unfortunately, or they were just giving you a discount.

Christine: Fed Ex Kinko’s seems not to have an overall policy on what the notaries there are charging. Every store is doing it differently, acc’g to their corp H=Q

Customer Service: We have the same problem with UPS Store as well.

Christine: It does not seem right that they can charge so much to notarize a document. It’s only a very short procedure, takes no more than 5 minutes.

Customer Service: However, the notary has UNLIMITED liability if they make a mistake. California has the highest paid notaries in the country.

Christine: Are you sure that this is the way it works in California? When I was practicing law in NY and was a notary, we did not do it this way.

Customer Service: New York has the same law as California. You were also under charging if you did it that way.

Christine: She could have charged us $10 for her one signature on the document. “Per signature” is vague to me. My understanding is that you’re paying for the notary’s signature and seal on your document. If you’re notarizing five documents with three witnesses each, you’re paying for five signatures, not fifteen.

Customer Service: That is incorrect. The notary is charging per notarized signature, no matter how many times the notary signs or seals the document. 5 documents, three signers each = $150, not $50.

Customer Service: This is not interpretation, this is state law.

Christine: What is the authority? Can you cite to the law?

Customer Service: One moment.

Customer Service: CA GC 8211 defines the fees that a notary can charge.

Customer Service: Section A states that: For taking an acknowledgment or proof of a deed, or other instrument, to include the seal and the writing of the certificate, the sum of ten dollars ($10) for EACH SIGNATURE TAKEN.

Christine: 8211. California Notary Public Maximum FeesFees charged by a notary public for the following servicesshall not exceed the fees prescribed by this section. (a) For taking an acknowledgment or proof of a deed, or otherinstrument, to include the seal and the writing of the certificate,the sum of ten dollars ($10) for each signature taken. 

Christine: Yes, I see that. She did not write any certificate. All she did was stamp and sign a document we gave her, and put our signatures in her book. It also says maximum fees charged.

Customer Service: Writing of the certificate means that she wrote the names of the signers and the date the notarization took place, etc on the notary certificate.

Customer Service: Maximum fees, means that she could charge less if she wanted to.

Christine: It still to me could be understood as for her signature. It is hard to know exactly what this means.

Customer Service: I would suggest you speak to a lawyer then.

Christine: No that’s fine. This is enough info for now. Thank you.

Customer Service: Thank you. Have a great day.

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California 3 Hour Renewing Course Now Online

Posted in Uncategorized at 9:12 am by ocnotarynow

It’s hard to believe that mandatory education has been in California for 4 years already. The laws have changed a bit from 2005. Now, the only significant difference between new and renewing notaries is 3 hours. Renewing notaries who have a commission expiration date of June 30, 2009 or later, are eligible for the 3 hour course in lieu of the 6 hour course. The only catch is you must take and PASS the notary exam before your commission expires to still be considered a renewing notary. If you wait to the last minute and fail your exam, you have to take the 6 hour course again! We try to teach people to RENEW EARLY, RENEW EARLY, RENEW EARLY. There is no penalty for early renewal, but waiting can be big penalties, such as a lapse in your commission.

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