Posted by A-1 Signing Agents, LLC on 5/7/09 10:46am
Msg #287690

Could I BE more frustrated????

I get a call from a TC. Very happy. Right up the street. Great fee. But....would you back date? OMG what is up with business lately? This is a great company to work for actually. I guess they have to try just to get this loan closed but I won't do it. She apologized for putting me in that position right up front. I told her call around. I'm more than sure she'll find a notary that'll do it but I wasn't the one. This is all i've been getting lately? This is a company I really want to work for and she was asked to ask me if I'd do it. Wrong yes, wanting to get the loan signed that has been around since January. I sorta understand. Not really but I do. I said if they could re do the docs and i'd be very happy to do it. Sorry for venting but I need some work. Hopefully soon. I'm looking at other jobs currently to hold me over. We shall see. Anyone else getting this type of stuff lately?

Reply by Barbara___IL on 5/7/09 10:56am
Msg #287692

I've had it happen, and it IS frustrating. Hopefully, they will call you back with some REAL signings. You did the right thing.

Reply by Philip Johnson on 5/7/09 10:57am
Msg #287693

January?

So where would you have them sign in your register? I don't keep open spaces in each month just in case I have to go back and use them later. Also what kind of mortgage company has kept a loan going for 4 months on the hope that someone would salvage it and cover their behinds?

It is sad, but each time I ask the person to email me a detailed description of what they want to happen, they decide to move on. If they are unwilling to write it down, why should I?

Reply by OR on 5/7/09 10:57am
Msg #287694

The gall to even ask you to back date. That just means they (whoever) asked you, has decided they would do it or at least support it being done WOW. You did the right thing again.

Reply by A-1 Signing Agents, LLC on 5/7/09 11:09am
Msg #287697

It's an investment company buying up forclosures. Not the first time i've seen it take so long. My nephew is currently going on his 6th month of not closing. Been approved via FHA, excellent credit score. Why they haven't closed, I don't know. It's been moved 3 times now. Not a short sale either. Bank owned. As it stands right now, it's scheduled for 5/23. Lets hope they get it done.

I just really love doing this job believe it or not. My next option it event staff, just under $10.00 per hour but the plus side is, i'm a baseball nut and i'd get to go to all my home games. Football, Hockey, Basketball and may have to travel but doubt i'd do that. Keep me close to home.

Thanks for the support. I guess i'll go ahead and apply with the sports event today. I am getting too bummed lately not working. Don't know if many of you get that way but I sure am.

Reply by Jim/AL on 5/7/09 11:17am
Msg #287700

Do not get to bummed A1, good things will come your way! n/m

Reply by Les_CO on 5/7/09 11:11am
Msg #287698

I’ve been to many, many Title Company offices over the years, and I’ve never found an office that didn’t have a notary somewhere. Why couldn’t their ‘in-house’ notary witness/notarize the docs? This smells funny to me.

Reply by davidK/CA on 5/7/09 5:37pm
Msg #287740

If you were in CA it would be a misdemeanor just to ask you.

California Civil Code § 8225. Improper notarial acts, solicitation, coercion or influence of performance; misdemeanor

(a) Any person who solicits, coerces, or in any manner influences a notary public to perform
an improper notarial act knowing that act to be an improper notarial act, including any act
required of a notary public under Section 8206, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.

(b) Notwithstanding any other limitation of time described in Section 802 of the Penal Code,
or any other provision of law, prosecution for a violation of this offense shall be commenced
within four years after discovery of the commission of the offense, or within four years after
the completion of the offense, whichever is later.

(c) The penalty provided by this section is not an exclusive remedy, and does not affect any
other relief or remedy provided by law.

California Civil Code § 6203. False certificate or writing by officer

(a) Every officer authorized by law to make or give any certificate or other writing is guilty
of a misdemeanor if he or she makes and delivers as true any certificate or writing containing
statements which he or she knows to be false.

(b) Notwithstanding any other limitation of time described in Section 802 of the Penal Code,
or any other provision of law, prosecution for a violation of this offense shall be commenced
within four years after discovery of the commission of the offense, or within four years after
the completion of the offense, whichever is later.

(c) The penalty provided by this section is not an exclusive remedy, and does not affect any
other relief or remedy provided by law.

2009 Notary Handbook published by The California Secretary of State:

Page 10: Acknowledgment
The form most frequently completed by the notary public is the certificate of acknowledgment.
The certificate of acknowledgment must be in the form set forth in Civil Code section 1189.
In the certificate of acknowledgment, the notary public certifies that the signer personally appeared before the notary public on the date indicated in the county indicated.

Page 11: The completion of a certificate of acknowledgment that contains statements that the notary public knows to be false not only may cause the notary public to be liable for civil penalties and administrative action, but is also a criminal offense. The notary public who willfully states as true any material fact known to be false is subject to a civil penalty not exceeding $10,000. (Civil Code section 1189(a)(2))