Posted by Marian_in_CA on 7/14/09 1:15pm
Msg #295827

CA Notaries: Heads up. The SOS....

has redesigned the Notary Section of their website. Some things are really different.

http://www.sos.ca.gov/business/notary/


Something new? They now have not only the current handbook available online but going all the way back to 2005 as well.

Reply by SheilaSJCA on 7/14/09 1:16pm
Msg #295828

now if only we could access current notary commission info online (verify commissions, I mean)

Reply by Marian_in_CA on 7/14/09 1:19pm
Msg #295829

Yeah... no kidding, right??

It's odd, because you can pretty much verify every other professional in this state.

Reply by Marian_in_CA on 7/14/09 1:22pm
Msg #295831

Or at the very least include us...

on the State roster of public officials:

http://www.sos.ca.gov/admin/ca-roster/2009/

Reply by Letty Marquez on 7/14/09 1:20pm
Msg #295830

I am a tax advisor and register with CTEC where clients can go input my name and there it is. Data will tell them my status etc.... Maybe with Notaries something similar can be done.

Reply by davidK/CA on 7/14/09 4:13pm
Msg #295847

Why now?

Why given the current State of California budget crisis and the $23 Billion shortfall that the state doesn't have in the bank why would the SOS spend the money necessary to redesign the website?

Brains? Oh, I though they said trains.

Reply by CH2inCA on 7/14/09 4:27pm
Msg #295848

Re: Why now?

Because, "My nephew who is good with computers and can design his own websites." Needed a job!!

:0)

Reply by davidK/CA on 7/14/09 4:47pm
Msg #295850

Re: Why now?

Another excuse to increase the number of state employees in a money crisis. Wonderful idea, NOT!

Reply by PAW on 7/14/09 5:23pm
Msg #295854

Re: Why now?

Knowing how long it takes to fully develop a new website, even for a small site, I submit that the process was started long before the crisis came to a head. However, I don't see why the project wasn't shelved when dollars became so tight. A new website, impo, isn't a necessity to their business.

Reply by davidK/CA on 7/14/09 5:32pm
Msg #295858

Gov't motto - appropriations must be spent, period. n/m

Reply by PAW on 7/14/09 7:43pm
Msg #295892

I'm sure they could spend the approprations on ...

something better.

Reply by rengel/CA on 7/14/09 11:55pm
Msg #295925

You would think... but no..

last year they painted a "bike lane" on my street. I haven't seen a bicycle on this street in the 4 yrs I've lived here. Why would we possibly need a bike lane?

Oh wait, we do park our motorcycles in the bike lane when we're getting ready to take off on a ride... ; ) Well, the ARE 'bikes' tee hee hee