Posted by anonymous on 5/28/04 4:13pm
Msg #2481

Location for refi's

I've asked this question before, and got no response, so I'd like to try again. Are notaries in other states, such as California, Florida and New York, authorized to close purchase loans in the purchaser's home without an attorney present?

Reply by CA_Notary on 5/28/04 6:04pm
Msg #2485

Yes. It's not required in California.

Reply by PAW Notary Services on 5/28/04 9:03pm
Msg #2500

In Florida, yes. I do purchases all the time, with no attorney present. I have done them at the "property", the real estate office, the sellers home, the title company and the builder's sales office (for new home purchases).

Reply by anonymous on 5/28/04 9:11pm
Msg #2501

It must be wonderful to have such a pool of potential closings to draw from. In Texas, we can do refi's and reverse mortgages in homes. Purchases, however, and home equity loans are confined to certain locations, such as attorney offices, where there is a great likelihood that a resident notary will be present.