Can I become a notary if I have a felony or misdemeanor?
All states bar those with felonies from becoming a notary public. Due to working with sensitive documents and concerns about integrity, a felony conviction will disqualify an applicant from becoming a Notary.
A background search for a Notary will usually go back as far as ten years, revealing any convictions whether felony or misdemeanor.
A 25-point scale is used to rank criminal offenses found in a background search. This is the same scale that is used for the required annual screening of all working Notaries with an accumulation of 25 points disqualifying anyone.
A felony offense, such as drug sale/distribution, domestic violence, felony assault, theft, terrorist threats, and sexual crimes, will score 25 points.
A misdemeanor can earn 10 to 15 points each so that multiple misdemeanor convictions can easily total 25 points.
For anyone considering not being honest about their felony, it is a crime to falsify an application, which could result in being sent back to prison.
In order to be successful in this pursuit, it is essential for felons to be honest about their background. Lying about their conviction will prevent them from becoming a Notary.
Having their felony expunged can give them the chance they need to begin with a clean record and succeed in becoming a Notary.
Expunging a criminal record allows anyone to honestly state on an application that they have not been convicted of a crime.
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