Posted by Victoria Monroe on 7/3/08 12:47pm
Msg #254069

How to find a Notary by name or commision number

My brother just asked me how to find out if a Notary is real and if she is how to find out if she really saw some peoples IDs. I know you can request a copy of that page of her book - but we tried finding her on here and we can't. He thinks the people who signed a grant deed for him do not exist now. I told him to ask the secretary of state notary division - does anyone have any other ideas on how to find her?

Reply by Lee/AR on 7/3/08 12:55pm
Msg #254071

In AR, I can find that online. I'd think you could do that in CA.

Reply by Linda Juenger on 7/3/08 1:33pm
Msg #254078

I can look up anyone in IL also. Even lists I had a

commission years ago. Even my husbands grandmother was a notary 40 years ago and she is still listed (expired but still listed). Look on your states SOS site.

Reply by Gerry_VT on 7/3/08 3:52pm
Msg #254105

You didn't say what state you are in. The Notary Rotary computer deduced that you are in California, but maybe your brother isn't. If the notary is a California notary, the county in which he/she is registered should be included on the seal. Contact that county, and the county can authenticate the signature if the person really was a notary, registered in that county, on the date the document was notarized. The notarization is still valid, even if the notary allowed his/her commission to expire, or died, since the notarization.

Reply by MW/VA on 7/3/08 9:19pm
Msg #254125

Are you saying you suspect fraud?

Reply by 101livescan on 7/4/08 4:46pm
Msg #254185

Hi, Victoria, in my county I can go to the recorders office and lookup all recorded Notary Public Bonds filings in the public records computerized database. You should be able to also. It has the Notary's Name as it appears on their commission, and the expiration of the bond, which corresponds with the expiration of the commission.