Janet posted: "I don't remember where I read it, but I recall seeing something about protests (n CA, at least) only being handled by bank notaries .... "
From the California Notary Handbook (2018),
Government Code § 8205. Duties
(a) It is the duty of a notary public, when requested:
(1) To demand acceptance and payment of foreign and inland bills of exchange, or promissory
notes, to protest them for nonacceptance and nonpayment, and, with regard only to the
nonacceptance or nonpayment of bills and notes, to exercise any other powers and duties
that by the law of nations and according to commercial usages, or by the laws of any other
state, government, or country, may be performed by a notary. This paragraph applies only to a
notary public employed by a financial institution, during the course and scope of the notary’s
employment with the financial institution. |
