Posted by Leon_CO on 2/11/09 1:24pm
Msg #277177

Affidavits Gone Wild

I might need to re-ink my stamp in the middle of this closing. These are the documents that require notarization:

1. Affidavit of Grantee Primary Residence
2. Name Affidavit
3. Survey Affidavit
4. Owner''s Affidavit
5. Identity Fraud Prevention Affidavit
6. Liability for Shortages
7. Shortage Affidavit
8. Cooperation Agreement
9. Line of Credit Payoff Affidavit
10. Continuous Marriage Affidavit
11. Limited Power of Attorney for Correcting Typographical Errors
12. Deed of Trust
13. Compliance Agreement
14. "Also Known As" Statement
15. Occupancy Affidavit
16. Property Acceptance
17. Correction Agreement Limited Power of Attorney
18. Signature Affidavit

Reply by BrendaTx on 2/11/09 1:29pm
Msg #277179

Re: Affidavits Gone Wild: Ha....

Come up with a couple more and you might have what would be common to a Texas notary in a loan package!

Reply by Bob_Chicago on 2/11/09 1:43pm
Msg #277180

Are you saying that you can't trust a Texan to tell....

the truth unless you swear them in or swear at them???

Reply by BrendaTx on 2/11/09 2:23pm
Msg #277188

Bob: Yep...Maybe you've got it exactly right!

The point of my post is that I have seldom done a package where I didn't need at least 15 notary acts...and quite often there are 20. At $6 per seal Texans usually burn up their signing agent fees nicely (if you want to avoid paying SE Tax...I personally don't think this is necessarily a great idea, but...I am usually not always the one folks agree with. )

Reply by AngelTX on 2/11/09 10:55pm
Msg #277236

Re: Bob: Yep...Maybe you've got it exactly right!

I know i sound silly, so no one needs to get after me for this, I thought it was six for the first and a dollar after, so it is actually six per stamp, i am hooping and hollering if it is!

Reply by BrendaTx on 2/12/09 7:43am
Msg #277246

AngelTx

Here are the fees:

Taking the acknowledgment or proof of any deed or other instrument in writing, for registration, including certificate and seal:


(1) for the first signature
6.00

(2) for each additional signature
1.00

That's per document, not per loan signing appointment, if that's what you meant.

Reply by BrendaTx on 2/12/09 7:48am
Msg #277247

Re: AngelTx - Sorry, here's the entire list/SoS website

Notaries Public may charge the following fees:
(See: http://www.sos.state.tx.us/statdoc/edinfo.shtml)


Protesting a bill or note for non-acceptance or non-payment, register and seal $ 4.00
Each notice of protest 1.00
Protesting in all other cases 4.00
Certificate and seal to a protest 4.00
Taking the acknowledgment or proof of any deed or other instrument in writing, for registration, including certificate and seal:
(1) for the first signature 6.00
(2) for each additional signature 1.00
Administering an oath or affirmation with certificate and seal 6.00
All certificates under seal not otherwise provided for 6.00
Copies of all records and papers in the Notary Public's office, for each page .50
Taking the depositions of witnesses, for each 100 words .50
Swearing a witness to a deposition, certificate, seal, and other business connected with taking the deposition 6.00
All notarial acts not provided for 6.00

Reply by AngelTX on 2/12/09 8:54am
Msg #277255

Re: AngelTx - Sorry, here's the entire list/SoS website

thanks brenda i was misunderstanding it the whole time and cheating myself, ugggh! so it is six dollars a stamp, througout the whole loan, packet, last week i had one with three signers, it was like almost forty stamps!

Reply by GA/Atty on 2/11/09 1:45pm
Msg #277182

Everything is bigger in TX - even stacks of loan docs! n/m

Reply by Linda_H/FL on 2/11/09 2:16pm
Msg #277186

Re: Affidavits Gone Wild...Bah!! Piece of cake...

Got a ways to go to catch my personal best 28 notarizations - single loan package~!!

Reply by LynnNC on 2/11/09 3:42pm
Msg #277197

Was that 28 documents or ....

... 14 documents with 2 borrowers?

Reply by Linda_H/FL on 2/11/09 4:39pm
Msg #277203

28 certificates completed... n/m

Reply by Therese on 2/11/09 5:42pm
Msg #277213

No re-inking needed

Just filled out the first Jurat sign, stamp and staple all the rest to it. ;}

Reply by Joan Bergstrom on 2/11/09 10:33pm
Msg #277235

Re: No re-inking needed

No, you can't do that.

Reply by Therese on 2/12/09 9:36am
Msg #277262

Re: No re-inking needed

I was joking