Posted by James H. Lissemore on 2/24/07 5:16pm
Msg #177072

Message Deleted

This message has been deleted by a forum moderator.

Reason: Advertising

Reply by James H. Lissemore on 2/24/07 5:17pm
Msg #177073

Re: New jersey Pro Bono Nolary

Sorry. Notary service

Reply by TitleGalCA on 2/24/07 7:48pm
Msg #177082

Sort of preaching to the Choir instead of the Masses, JLis??

I suspect there's lots of notaries in New Jersey who'd do the same. Suggest you take out a yellow pages ad instead.

Advertising of course is good. But the Yellow pages will cost you. But on NR? How will thoses veterans, senior citizen's or disabled folks get your message pro bono? Oh, wait, I know! Other notaries will tell those folks all about you! Sheesh, silly me.

Reply by James H. Lissemore on 2/25/07 11:13am
Msg #177108

Re: Sort of preaching to the Choir instead of the Masses, JLis??

No. I would like some other Notaries to offer the same to us elderly, diabled, veterans around the country. Try your local V.A. Hospital.

Reply by BrendaTx on 2/25/07 2:25pm
Msg #177114

Re: New jersey Pro Bono Nolary

JL,

My step-dad was a disabled WWII vet who invested in real estate as a young man and was well fixed by the time he was 50. He didn't "need" anyone cutting him a deal when he was a senior citizen.

Sometimes our hearts will tell us to forego a fee for someone who has served our country or community, but what I never want to get into is giving the idea to new folks about cutting a fee to a signing service or title company because it is an elderly or disabled person. That's not going to help the borrower. It only helps the SS, lender or escrow.

I have read here that some people don't want to charge much for rev morts because it's senior citizens. Foolish. If you want to do a good deed for a rev mort person in need, get your check and then send your fee in a cashier's check or money order to that person directly. Otherwise, you are not helping anyone except the escrow fee recipient or signing service. That senior citizen is paying the fee...you better believe it.

Just wanted to clear that up. In case there is a misconception, there is a difference between doing a good deed for an individual and offering to work for "clients" for free.

Offering a free service like that on a board like this one is tantamount to saying I'll work for free to get your business.

I will lay odds that all of us here do freebies...we just don't advertise it here for it for companies to see.

Reply by James H. Lissemore on 2/25/07 3:00pm
Msg #177115

Re: New jersey Pro Bono Nolary

I was not refering to signing or title companies. In fact I ment general Notary services. Sorry I forgot all the notaries here are "signing agents"

Reply by Glenn Strickler on 2/25/07 10:58pm
Msg #177136

Ouch ....

James, FYI From the California Handbook.

§ 6107. Veterans
(a) No public entity, including the state, a county, city, or other political subdivision, nor
any officer or employee thereof, including notaries public, shall demand or receive any fee or
compensation for doing any of the following:
(1) Recording, indexing, or issuing certified copies of any discharge, certificate of service,
certificate of satisfactory service, notice of separation, or report of separation of any member
of the Armed Forces of the United States.
(2) Furnishing a certified copy of, or searching for, any public record that is to be used in an
application or claim for a pension, allotment, allowance, compensation, insurance (including
automatic insurance), or any other benefits under any act of Congress for service in the Armed
Forces of the United States or under any law of this state relating to veterans’ benefits.
(3) Furnishing a certified copy of, or searching for, any public record that is required by the
Veterans Administration to be used in determining the eligibility of any person to participate
in benefits made available by the Veterans Administration.
(4) Rendering any other service in connection with an application or claim referred to in
paragraph (2) or (3).
(b) A certified copy of any record referred to in subdivision (a) may be made available only
to one of the following:
(1) The person who is the subject of the record upon presentation of proper photo
identification.

This is the law in many states.

I know many of these people on this board personally and they donate a lot of time to various causes. They just don't need to go public and beat their chest to make themselves feel better .......