supposed to do it. Not only the newsletter - in your own handbook (2016 version) - see page 40... Ca Code 8223(c)
http://notary.cdn.sos.ca.gov/forms/notary-handbook-2016.pdf
You may not have gone there as a notary but that's why VerifyI9 contracts with you; if I were you I'd check with the SOS for clarification...and until you get that clarification I wouldn't do any more.
Not to mention, my question was "what qualifies you to *verify* his passport? |