Reply by BrendaTX on 1/23/05 8:44pm
Msg #17844
Trenton & Happy:
I don't think I have ever posted anything here about my own journal pages. Texas requires A LOT of information to be included and I had to figure out how to do it without spending half a day filling out a journal. I don't endorse it for everyone. The MoJo sold here on NotaryRotary.com is a great journal. I DO endorse it. Other sites have journals which are great also.
I personally prefer one assignment per page and created a journal accordingly. I won't argue whether or not this is okay by the statutes - just saying this is what I do.
I had a problem last year with one young couple signing my journal and seeing another couple's name that they knew. I could tell they were going to call them once my journal brought it to mind. That made me worry about them calling up the other couple and comparing notes, etc.
For awhile, I kept my journal and a signing agent log on the side. That became too much trouble, so I combined the two and I started doing my own so I could afford to use one page per assignment. Each of my journals hold 50 assignments. While I was at it, I generated prompts/checklist/all the information I needed for each assignment, and a method to could keep a running total of what's subject to SE Tax and what's not.
If you want to read about it, go to my profile and find my newsletter link, take a look at it and go from there. I included this information in my newsletter because I received an email from another Texas Notary who requested I explain how I did my journal because they are also trying to keep a statutorily correct journal. It's tedious in Texas to do it right.
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