Posted by CaSigner on 3/19/05 9:02pm
Msg #26489

bad stamping, smudging, etc.

Has anyone had to stamp a document more than once due to the stamp "smudging"? What if you have no place to stamp again on the same page? What next?

Reply by Sylvia_FL on 3/19/05 10:32pm
Msg #26499

Sometimes the borrowers have a cloth on the table or there is a "crack' in the table I don't see, and the seal is not good, so I have to reseal the document. If there is no room, I just void the certificate on the document, and attach a loose certificate.

Reply by CaSigner on 3/19/05 11:01pm
Msg #26502

When you mean "void" what do you do to make it void?

Reply by Sylvia_FL on 3/20/05 12:40am
Msg #26504

Same way you void a check!
Draw two diagonal lines across it, and write VOID within the two lines.

Reply by missy_socal on 3/20/05 5:29pm
Msg #26551

Sylvia,

It makes me feel better to see that those things happen to even very experienced SA's! I had two signings in a row where I had to stamp twice because of tablecloth/lines in kitchen counter tile (no table...no furniture for that matter!).

A while ago someone (Lee, I believe?) posted a huge list of items that he keeps in his briefcase, and I took his suggestion of carrying a hard mousepad. I can pull that thing out, and it provides a hard, even surface to stamp on. Plus, it takes up very little room in my briefcase.

~Melissa

Reply by BrendaTX on 3/20/05 6:17pm
Msg #26556

Lap Desk

I have been carrying a lap desk in my car to prep documents between signings. I pull into a parking lot and let the seat back, grab the lap desk and get busy. Hugh has mentioned before that he carries a Target purchased picnic table that folds up.

(BTW Lee is a she. )

Reply by missy_socal on 3/20/05 6:21pm
Msg #26557

Re: Lap Desk

Ha! I do that so often! I thought that Charm_Al was a man for a long time. (Al as in Albert, instead of Alabama, naturally) :-) What's even more amusing is how I have a 'face' in my mind for most of the names on here. It would be interesting to see how accurate I am!

A lap desk stashed in my car is a good idea, actually.

Reply by Ted_MI on 3/20/05 7:37am
Msg #26513

Hi,

I have had to do this several times. What really is a "no-no" is tampering with a seal (i.e. trying to make it look alright). Just use the seal again. And if there is no room, another option is to use the borrowers' copy. And then leave the "bank" copy with the borrowers.

I had to do that yesterday, although it wasn't a problem with the seal "smudging". What happened is that a young child was seated in his mother's lap and apparently got a hold of his mother's pen and drew lines on the back side of the top document on the stack. Well, it happened to be the notarization page of the mortgage. So I just pulled out the borrowers' copy and used that.

Reply by CaSigner on 3/20/05 8:54am
Msg #26520

What if there is no room for another stamping?

Reply by Hampton/CA on 3/20/05 9:46am
Msg #26522

"What if there is no room for another stamping?"

Draw a line through the seal and the notarial wording. Write "see attached certificate" and write your initias. Fill out a loose certificate, sign it, stamp your seal on it, and staple it to the document.

Reply by CaSigner on 3/20/05 3:15pm
Msg #26544

Do I use the "California All-Purpose Acknowledgment"?

Reply by Hampton/CA on 3/20/05 4:57pm
Msg #26548

Yes, use a CA All-Purpose Acknowledgment. N/M

Reply by CaSigner on 3/20/05 5:20pm
Msg #26550

Thank you for all your info