As I read it, that's just the prerequisite to taking the class. They're probably very happy to sell the class to anyone who's willing to pay the fee. As we here all know, a person would have to acquire their notary commission before actually taking on any work. We can only hope that would be made clear in this class.
I think we can expect to see more and more of this from different sources, as interest rates rise. We saw this 10 or so years ago. My guess is that as business decreased, many dropped their notary commissions or stopped using it, and others decided that recruiting more people into our ranks was a good way to increase revenue. It also unleashed a mass of people entering our field with different sets of expectations about what was 'normal' in terms of fees, size of packages and scope of work (e.g. faxbacks).  I hope I'm wrong about what may be ahead... |
