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 | Search in ZIP Code: 93505 |  |  I provide general mobile notary service as well as loan signings. Professionalism, ethics and attention to detail are extremely important to me. With dual tray laser printers, mobile scanning and fax capabilities, I can handle edocs, esignings, digital photography, etc. For e-signings, I am equipped with a laptop and have broadband Internet access almost anywhere I have a cell phone signal. Essentially, I have an entire mobile office...if you need it done, I can probably do it!
I carry $100,000 errors and omission insurance and the mandatory state bond.
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Current Background Checks and Certifications: State of California Dept. of Justice and FBI Background checked per California law; NNA Certified and Background Screened; National Signing Agent Registry Certified Professional Signing Agent, Golden State Notary Loan Signing Agent
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I cover all of the Antelope Valley and surrounding area including: Lancaster, Palmdale, Quartz Hill, Rosamond, Mojave, California City, Tehachapi, Boron, North Edwards, Randsburg, Ridgecrest, Lake Isabella, Lake Los Angeles, Littlerock, Pearblossom, Valyermo, Acton, Agua Dulce, Antelope Acres, Lake Hughes, and Leona Valley. Travel fees apply to all locations based on distance. Please note that I am based in CALIFORNIA CITY, so most locations outside of a 15-mile radius may involve additional mileage fees. Many of the communities in the area are fairly remote. Feel free to contact me for a quote.
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| | | This profile was last updated on 1/19/2012 3:13:00 PM. | | | 24 Hr Service: Yes | | | Has Laser Printer: Yes | | | Home Inspections: Yes | | |
Recent Notary Talk Threads Authored by this Notary: | | | Major BIG information for California notaries...
Posted by Marian_in_CA at 1/19/2012 3:16:00 AM | According to the information in the latest annual newsletter... we MUST staple (not tape or paperclip) loose notarial certificates to the document.
Page 2: "The certificate of acknowledgment must be endorsed on or stapled to the instrument. Taping or paper-clipping the certificate of acknowledgment to the document is not permitted."
and Page 4: "The jurat must be endorsed on or stapled to the instrument. Taping or paper-clipping the jurat to the document is not permitted."
This is going to really upset a lot of title/escrow companies. Heheh... in way though, it makes me laugh.  At least now I can pull this out and tell them, "Sorry, state law requires a staple. Take it up with the Secretary of State."
Not that many of us did it anyway... but only notaries employed by a bank can do protests now. And... any document that legally requires a thumbprint cannot utilize a subscribing witness. (Note that's subscribing witness, not credible witness).
There are also several other things that are really spelled out. It makes me shake my head knowing that a lot of this needs to be published... things like:
1. Your notarial certificates must be in English. That includes pre-written certificates on documents in a foreign language.
2. The certificate, your seal and signature must all be on the same page.
3. You should only place your seal on the certificate and not on every page of the document. Nor should the impression span across several pages.
4. The only IDs you can accept are the ones listed in the handbook.
5. When they ask you to disclose all convictions when you renew your commission, you really have to disclose them.
6. Dating, signing and affixing your official seal without a certificate does not constitute a notarial act.
Seriously... there must be some really dumb notaries out there.
And the really scary bit?
"Investigators report that, either as the result of a complaint regarding notarial misconduct or as a result of an audit, a large majority of journals are not completed correctly."
LARGE MAJORITY?? Holy cow.
IN a way, though... that goes to show you that the current education requirements pretty much fail if most notaries aren't doing it right. But then, I know from personal experience that there are a LOT of dumb instructors out there, too, who give bad information.
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| | | | | How to get your number on my no-no list...
Posted by Marian_in_CA at 1/5/2012 4:45:00 PM | 1. Call me starting at 6am, every 5-10 minutes and refuse to leave a message. NO, I'm not joking... and I've got the call log to prove it: 6:03am, 6:08am, 6:15am, 6:24am, 6:29am, 6:39am, 6:47am. (Hey, if I don't answer and you don't leave a message, that's great... move on to somebody else. But don't call incessantly between 6and 7am and refuse to leave a message each time. If it's that important... leave a freaking message. I'll get back to you. If somebody is calling me like that, that time of morning, I'm going to assume it is a dire emergency.)
2. When I answer the phone and politely remind you that it is not quite 7am, don't get snotty and say, "We call notaries in California at this time regularly. They always appreciate the offer for work. What's wrong, don't you want work?" (Buddy... I was in the shower. I make it a personal policy that I don't take my phone with me, nor do I use it when I'm showering or in the bathroom. If you really want or need my services, you can leave a message. Sorry, I have a limit. I know other notaries out there gladly take a call in the shower... I'm just not one of them.)
3. Proceed to tell me that this incessant calling early in the morning is for a refi a full week away.
4. Tell me that I'm WAY TOO EXPENSIVE when I quote my fee and that they can't pay more than $40.00.
UST Global.... thanks, but I'm just not available. |
| | | | | Some people have no shame!
Posted by Marian_in_CA at 11/29/2011 1:01:00 AM | Had an appt tonight..l settlement paperwork from an attorney's office back east. Pretty standard fare for me.
As I pull up up a guy hangs out his window and says, "Can I help you?"
I mention the address (it's a rather poorly laid out mobile home park) and the name of the client. The guy says, "Nope!"
So I try to repeat the address, but he disappears as I'm talking. I feel silly. He then reappears on the steps and says, "C'mon on in. I'm not {name}, but she's in the back here."
Now... these people KNEW I was coming. This guy is standing out there in nothing but his boxer shorts. HE lets me in and show me to the room of the client (she's bedridden), says, "She's in there..." He then goes in to what I assume is his room, and before he shut the door I see a woman who is topless and in just a pair of undies.
Lovely!
I go in to her room and the client is there (I knew she was ill), but laying on the bed next to her was a another young woman, completely asleep. She never woke up the whole time I was there. The appt otherwise went fine and the client was super nice... but I was really confused by the surrounding situation.
It's the first time I've been greeted by someone in their skivvies, that's for sure.
I dunno about anyone else, but I don't let people in my house if the cat pan is dirty or the dishes aren't done. |
| | | | | Can somebody explain why a title compnay would do this?
Posted by Marian_in_CA at 9/8/2011 1:56:00 PM | An all cash purchase was supposed to be signed today by the buyers, tomorrow by the seller. The sales contract was signed last month and was supposed to close by 9/1, but there were some seller issues with the property itself that extended it to today. Now, I'm told the paperwork isn't ready yet because the title examiner is still at the courthouse trying to find the original deed from the 1970's.
Apparently, the TC waited until this morning to send the examiner out, about 4 hours before the buyer was set to sign.
Is this normal? It can't be. |
| | | | | Researching Mobile Livescan
Posted by Marian_in_CA at 9/1/2011 1:36:00 PM | So, I've been doing some mobile livescan possibilities... and WOW.
All of the companies I've spoken to require that you purchases an entire system from them, including the computer. Since I'm already mobile with my own laptop... it seems really silly. Plus, the computers they want to include have specs that are lower than the laptop I use now. I'm not willing to carry two computers (I carry enough stuff) ... nor downgrade. I find that frustrating.
From everything I've found... it's an investment of $3,000-$5,000 for everything. Just so those of you who have wondering about offering the service.
If you do offer the service, and it didn't cost that much... how did you do it? |
| | | | | What are your pet peeves regarding Notary grammar?
Posted by Marian_in_CA at 8/28/2011 9:13:00 PM | I'm working on a blog entry about Notary Grammar, and I was wondering what incorrect terms annoy you the most?
I'll start with the obvious:
- 'Notary Publics' vs. Notaries Public
- "Doing a Notary"
- Commission vs. License (a little more subtle, but for some states, it's a VERY different thing)
- "Notary Republic"
- Notario Publico (in many states, this 'translation' is actually illegal)
- Seal vs. Stamp
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| | | | | Spot the errors (CA)
Posted by Marian_in_CA at 8/16/2011 9:47:00 PM | Just came across a blog post from a few months back from a lawyer ranting (and rightfully so!) about bad CA notaries. In the blog post he posted a PDF of a line item journal response.
California notaries will pick up this right away, I'm sure. Frankly, it's embarrassing.
http://www.foreclosuredefenseresourcecenter.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/M.-Pino-Notary-Log-of-Angie-L.-Nguyen-with-missing-time-.pdf
It's good to see at least one attorney knowledgeable and ranting about notarial practice.
The blog entry: http://www.foreclosuredefenseresourcecenter.com/2011/03/california-notaries-continue-to-break-the-law-in-regard-to-notary-logs-produce-your-transaction-logs/
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| | | | | Interesting information from CA SoS's office...
Posted by Marian_in_CA at 7/26/2011 7:30:00 PM | The SoS has a Sample workbook/education manual for education vendors. The current one is from this year, and it is approved for education purposes. I was reading through it to see what it says vs what's in the handbook.
See: http://www.sos.ca.gov/business/notary/forms/notary-education-sample-workbook.pdf
The discussion about the use of CWs the other day is interesting, because, on page 24, they give the following example:
"Nat Notary is called to notarize Irene’s signature on a company document.
Nat Notary and Irene have never met before. Irene is away from home and
left her identification, her Illinois driver’s license, in Chicago. Irene asks
Rene to vouch for Irene because Irene and Rene have known each other for
years. Nat Notary has also worked with Rene before. Rene can appear as a
credible witness for Irene so that Nat Notary can complete the notarization."
So, in this case... Irene does have ID, she just forgot it. And yet, according to the approved education materials, this is OKAY.
It seems to tell us something very different from what many of us may actually practice. How many would tell Irene to have her ID FedExed to her, since she, indeed does posses ID?
It would seem that the SoS has a more lenient idea of what "very difficult or impossible" means. |
| | | | | UPS Notary Experience. Wow.
Posted by Marian_in_CA at 7/24/2011 8:34:00 PM | I was in a UPS store the other day running an errand and a guy came in behind me needing a notarization. Since they were standing right next to me, I couldn't help but overhear it all. The guy's DL was expired... issued more than 5 years ago and didn't have another for of ID. (Mind you, the guy drove in and parked right next to me as we were coming in... yikes!)
The UPS notary immediately went to, "If you have to people who aren't related to you, we can use them as credible witnesses."
They went back and forth, and me being the buttinksy that I am... had to speak up. The UPS notary was insistent that the CWs could not be related to him in any way.
I told them that wasn't true... then I went in to my spiel about every other possible form of ID the guy might have. Asked if there was a way he could go get his current DL. He said, "Nah, I have no intention of renewing right now." (WHAT??)
The UPS guy said, "No, family members can't be a credible witness."
I told him that they could... they just couldn't have any financial interest in the document he was signing. I then continued my speech about the requirements for CWs (in CA).
So UPS dude goes to his drawer and breaks out an NNA primer... from 2008. I pulled up my phone which has the PDF of the current state handbook and showed him the requirements.
It all turned out well, and the guy decided he was going to go get him Mom and Brother to vouch for him and come back.
The whole time, though, I'm guessing UPS dude was pretty ticked off at me. Whatever... I probably actually ensured that they'd make $10 on the guy when he came back, rather than outright turning him away with bad information.
It just has me wondering... what are these CA instructors telling these people? I swear, if the CA Notary Assn ever gets off the ground, one of the first things I'd want to push for would be changes in the education requirements. |
| | | | | Any SoCal notaries want to attend the July 30 event on me?
Posted by Marian_in_CA at 7/20/2011 10:38:00 AM | I purchased a ticket to the SoCal Notary Network event, but something has come up that same day and I won't be able to travel to San Diego. I am extremely bummed that I can't make it because I wanted to meet everyone. Anyway.... I'm willing to give away my ticket.
Travel expenses are your own... this is just the event ticket that includes lunch. It's worth $40 at this point.
For more info see: http://www.tinyurl.com/SoCalNotaries
If you want it, please PM me by 10pm (Pacific time) tonight. This is not first come, first served. To be fair to those who read NotRot throughout the day or have jobs and appointments, I'm going to pick somebody at random from everyone who sends in a request. My only request/requirement is that the person using the ticket be a current CA commissioned Notary Public -- and not be a +1 for for somebody already attending.
In your request, please include:
Your name (Lirst and Last)
Your email address
Your CA Notary Commission number
I will use commission numbers for the drawing.
Thanks! |
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