Msg #591842
8 replies | EIN or SSN | By David DM Services, LC on 4/2/18 10:47pm
Should I be providing my SSN or EIN to all the sites I sign up with. I thought it was my EIN, but someone from Sunshine Signing said they needed my SSN instead
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Msg #591841
5 replies | TAX HELP | By David DM Services, LC on 4/2/18 10:43pm
I GIVE UP! Filing taxes for two schedule C's. One as a notary with less income than expenses, and then as a phone service, with more income than expenses.
I need a tax person familiar with a mobile notary business.
Any ideas welcomed with open arms. 
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Msg #591840
0 replies | Notarization request for tomorrow's elections in St. Louis | By grapebed on 4/2/18 9:14pm
I have received several calls today about whether my "company" could supply 3 or 4 notaries to work from 5:00 PM-approximately 8:30. They would pay $40.00 for the job. I had a conflict, so thankfully I could pass.
Then I received a call from another notary who had accepted the assignment for $40.00, recruited another notary for $40.00 and was looking for a third notary ( @$40.00). Who are these notaries accepting jobs for less than minimum wage when you deduct for travel costs? If these notaries spent 3 1/2 hours on Marketing, Marketing, Marketing, I can guarantee you that they would make substantially more than minimum wage for their efforts to promote their businesses.
Yes, we are public servants. But I could get a volunteer job or became a staff worker at the Missouri SOS office at a salary of $58,000 plus benefits, vacation, sick pay, medical, dental, vision, disability, life insurance, etc.
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Msg #591831
8 replies | background checks | By Janina Dabate on 4/2/18 5:23pm
Is there any other company to get an "acceptable" background check besides NNA?
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Msg #591818
4 replies | Another potential uproar! | By ArtG/KS on 4/2/18 11:34am
While each state has its own notary laws and some title companies imply the "Full Faith and Credit Clause", requires us to follow another state's notary rules is of course an overstep. I just heard where one company (don't ask who) wants a national notary law just to cover interstate transactions. I would only agree if they could be absolutely sure such would be uniform and have a way of regulating that, which of course they do not.
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Msg #591810
11 replies | Misspelled Names on Documents | By  ikando on 4/2/18 8:12am
On another thread about having time to review documents before heading to the signing, the comment was made that the title and lending documents had different spellings for the names of the signers.
Maybe because I'm a proofreader in my other business, I take the time to look over documents. That doesn't seem to be the case with the "we gotta get it done right now" world today.
I met with a landman Saturday to notarize lease agreements for a family. Six signers, two of which commented that their names were misspelled or otherwise incorrect. I had nothing to do with the document preparations, but it seems to me somehow someone should have reviewed that with them before the appointment was made to sign.
I've encountered similar situations with attorneys and others who prepare contracts or other legal documents. I know a lot of people rely on computer-generated formats, but if the correct information isn't put in, garbage in = garbage out.
Speed should not be the main criteria for any document to be signed, but for legal documents that will be filed of record forever, critical review should be a top priority. JMHO
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Msg #591801
4 replies | Paper | By walthtz on 4/1/18 4:40pm
On Sale for letter Case @ Costco Online with Free Shipping.
32.99 - $ 4.00 coupon that they deduct.
So I got 2,
1 of the cases came in damaged.
I called them & they sent 2 more to make up for the damage.
So, 28.99 divided by 4 cases = 14.49 per case.
Great deal (at least for me)
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Msg #591781
18 replies | Ans. from SOS, CA Witnessing and Notarizing same Doc | By HeatherR/CA on 3/30/18 6:25pm
Notaries@sos.ca.gov <notariesmail@sos.ca.gov>
11:46 AM (4 hours ago)
to me
Dear Ms. Reinhold,
Thank you for contacting our office regarding the duties of a notary public.
When a notary public is notarizing a signature on a document, the notary is already witnessing the signing of the document; therefore, it is not recommended that the notary public also act as a ‘witness’ on a document.
Generally, the intention of both a witness and a notary public is to have two separate individuals witness the signature of the principal signer.
Sincerely,
Notary Public & Special Filings Section
A summary of the new laws and helpful information is available on our website at www.sos.ca.gov/notary/newsletter.
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Msg #591770
3 replies | One Stop Notary Shop out of Arlington, Texas | By MrMendez on 3/30/18 11:29am
Hello all,
Has anyone done any recent work for One Stop Notary Shop out of Arlington, Texas? Any info would be appreciated. Thanks.
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Msg #591764
3 replies | Email an clever attempt to add NSA to THEIR database...... | By Pamela/CA on 3/30/18 10:32am
Partner/Husband got an email from what purports to be an Escrow company trying to pay him for a long ago job he performed and they want his W9 so they can pay....Sound familiar?
Of course, like most of you fine NSA's, we installed QuickBooks first day of biz and was easy to run their name in our Client Database.... NO SALE!
Have been hounded lately via email AND calls to provide my credentials so that I can get "work". I think they mean - so THEY can work ME by presenting a credible database to potential Lenders/Title to beat out, what must be by now, a life or death competition to stay in the biz!
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Msg #591759
9 replies | Why it's important to review docs before heading out | By Cheryl Elliott on 3/30/18 9:01am
to the signing...
I began looking over the purchase set of docs I'm signing in a while, and see that the borrower's name is spelled two different ways on title and lenders documents.
I contacted title officer right away and he sent me corrected documents and I folded them in and removed the misspelled documents.
A very high end client who would not have appreciated the misspelling. It would have been a disaster.
Every now and again we get to save the deal/day!
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Msg #591748
5 replies | CAN or Ca Association of Notaries | By Comet53/CA on 3/30/18 1:06am
Hello, is any one a member of CAN or CA Association of Notaries? Is it worth the subscription? Thank you.
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Msg #591740
1 replies | Field to the right of the company | By Gary/Wa on 3/29/18 5:19pm
In viewing a company like Mortgage Connect LP there is a field to the right of the company partially filled in red. Is there a place where I can view what the field means? I noticed there were some fields which had a different color filled in. I have not a clue what this means. Can anyone help?
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Msg #591724
6 replies | Latest notary bill draft in VT gives and takes powers | By VT_Syrup on 3/29/18 12:38pm
The latest draft of the bill that will overhaul the notary law in VT may be read at https://legislature.vermont.gov/assets/Documents/2018/WorkGroups/Senate%20Government%20Operations/Bills/H.526/H.526~BetsyAnn%20Wrask~Draft%20No.%202.1,%203-13-2018~3-13-2018.pdf
A few key changes:
-New power: signature witnessing
-Power being lost: certifying copies
-New mandatory hardware: official stamp
-New requirements: education for new notaries, continuing education and test for renewing notaries
One thing that won't change is there will still be no requirement to use a journal.
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Msg #591720
7 replies | Took a look at SigningPro ... | By BearPaw/CO on 3/29/18 12:11pm
... which appears to be the new inhouse signing agent site for ORTC, and Whoa! Hot blonde babe-alicious notary showing a hint of provocative cleavage and wearing ARE YOU SITTING DOWN?! skinny blue jeans. Yes, denim. Jeans. Tight. Cleavage. Holy cow! Guess all previous stuffy NSA dress codes re business attire are out the door.
I'll say one thing: If I looked remotely like her, I certainly wouldn't be trudging to borrower's houses in 5 feet of new spring snow (like I was doing earlier this week) in my LL Bean boots with cleats. I'd be trophy-wife skiing in Vail with my rich husband. Actually, I'll say another: If she showed up at my door with loan papers, I'd send her packin' before my hubby saw her.
But wait! If you read further, SigningPro does have a two-page NSA dress code in which their notary model is in SERIOUS violation. According to their blah blah blah, it's back to boring two-piece business suits. Haha
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Msg #591707
20 replies | Amrock fka Title Source app closings | By Colonel/IA on 3/29/18 9:44am
Accepted two closings on the app yesterday. I was too slow for five other closings. This morning I turned my phone on at 7:15 and saw I had missed two closings. How early do they go to work?! If I have the least hesitation in accepting a closing it is gone. I wonder if it is my cell phone company's network that causes my missing closings by not being fast enough.
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Msg #591702
10 replies | Looking for guidance on an Ack for a business loan. | By MW/VA on 3/29/18 8:52am
I've never had one with this wording & the signing is this afternoon. I did reach out to the tc.
The wording is as follows:
"The foregoing instrument was acknowledged before me, the undersigned Notary Public, in the City/County and State aforesaid, this ____ day of ______________ by _________________, as ______________ of _______________ a ______________ on behalf of the _______________."
I would complete is as "this 29th day of March, 2018, by John Doe, President of John Doe, Inc., a VA Corp. on behalf of the Corp.
I know CA doesn't allow "capacity", so does anyone have a different take on this?
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