Posted by Ndwa on 5/27/07 5:32am
Msg #192255

Kinko's...Self service notary



http://fedex.com/us/officeprint/storesvcs/notary.html

Reply by jojo_MN on 5/27/07 9:28am
Msg #192268

Wow! Wonder how much they charge. How much is their E & O? n/m

Reply by BrendaTx on 5/27/07 1:15pm
Msg #192275

Re: Wow! Wonder how much they charge. How much is their E & O?

My guess is that they charge the going rate set by the state or less.

If I were to go to the UPS store and more, they charge me like, $6 for the first one and then cut the price down to $1 thereafter. They are really good about that. I don't ask for it, it just happens like that. Gotta love 'em for it.

Reply by Ernest__CT on 5/27/07 1:19pm
Msg #192276

The first footnote says "FedEx Kinko’s does not notarize wills or conduct marriages." Gee, why not?r

Did everyone notice "Our notaries assist with every step of the process."?r Hmmm. That's comforting. I guess they'll help me fill out my forms, right?r

FedEx Kinko's is riding for a fall. The trouble is, they'll bring the real Notaries Public problems by association.

Reply by Mia on 5/27/07 2:34pm
Msg #192282

Well I'm not worried. When I went to the "Center Locator" it said..."Search Results --
Sorry, we didn't find any locations within 100 miles of your location."

Kinko's may change their minds if trouble comes knocking at their door. Here in my State,
"A Notary Public's employer is also liable if the Notary was acting within the actual or
apparent scope of his/her employment." (This may be the reason why Wal-Mart discontinued their Notary Public Service).

Reply by Ndwa on 5/27/07 2:39pm
Msg #192283

Read the 1st sentence

Is it grammar or do they know what "notarize" mean?

Reply by MikeC/NY on 5/27/07 6:28pm
Msg #192285

It's actually correct...

Although many notaries insist they notarize signatures not documents, it is often the document that is referred to as being notarized; the notarial act authenticates or certifies the signature, and that specific act applies to a specific document.

Either "notarize a signature" or "notarize a document" is correct usage - check any legal dictionary. Or for that matter, check the state notary manuals or requirements - many of them refer to notarizing documents, not signatures.

Reply by Gary_CA on 5/27/07 6:38pm
Msg #192287

You missed the joke...

Whether you call it notarizing a signature or a document, it's the NOTARY and not the signer that notarizes...

It's subtle but pretty funny if you read it again... your average Joe can go to Kinko's and notarize a document with the assistance of a notary...

By the way, as to the signature/document thing... we (commissioned notaries) notarize specific signatures on specific documents. That's an important concept.

You can't notarize just a signature on a blank piece of paper, a baseball or a boyfriend's cast. Why not? Because either they subcribed and swore (to something) or the "acknowledge that they executed the same"

That sounds pretty academic and trivial, but may be important some day... like when a TC asks you to throw in an extra ACK... no can do... even if that ACK was a signature page. Why not? Because you know who signed, but not the other half of your act... what did they execute????

At any rate... I for one don't plan to assist anybody to notarize anything... I'll be notarizing their signatures on their documents for them... that's why I'm the notary.

P.S. If you do that search and find out that your local Kinko's doesn't have a notary on site they are in desperate need of a little pile of your business cards (and a jar of candy)

Reply by DonnaV_CA on 5/27/07 6:34pm
Msg #192286

I had a couple call on Friday who had had their docs overnighted to them. the LO told them to find a UPS store for notarization. They called two saying that they had a loan to notarize, the UPS people said "please don't bring it here".... so they called me.. They had already signed and initialed and made corrections all over the place.. but the LO said that was just fine. I can't imagine that that UPS will want their notary to spend time on loans... or Kinko's for that matter. Can you imagine standing in line with your countrywide full spectrum waiting for a notary at Kinko's? At ours you can hardly get service.

Reply by JK/TX on 5/27/07 8:22pm
Msg #192291

Re: Kinko's...Self service notary.. CAN YOU IMAGINE STANDING

*******Can you imagine standing in line with your countrywide full spectrum waiting for a notary at Kinko's? *****

That's a great mental picture !! LOL.....and what about the poor soul that walks in behind that customer....... It's like being in line at the grocery store behind the lady that has a coupon for every item in both of her buggies...coupons not yet cut out of the dozen flyers stuck under her arm .... ha!

Reply by NCLisa on 5/27/07 7:06pm
Msg #192288

I was at a FedEx Kinkos in Durham several months ago. They had a notary on staff. He pulled out his journal and fingerprint pad, and required that this woman give a full set of fingerprints. He explained to her that it was a state law. NC doesn't even have a journal requirment, so the fingerprints were way overdoing it.

Reply by Roger_OH on 5/27/07 9:41pm
Msg #192303

I'm waiting for someone to wheel their 90-year-old grandma up to the counter and ask them to notarize a POA for her, and have them determine whether she's "having a good day" enough to sign.