Posted by aurelio/FL on 6/16/10 8:48pm
Msg #341316

FL Commission numbers now start with "EE" n/m

Reply by jba/fl on 6/16/10 11:19pm
Msg #341325

Re: FL Commission numbers now start with "EE"

I'm sorry, but this is the second time you have posted this - like, who really cares? What is the significance to us as signing agents? Or as notaries? So every 4 years or so they go through 300K applications and renewals?

What IS the point you are attempting to make? Enlighten me, please.

Reply by RonA/CA on 6/17/10 1:11am
Msg #341328

Re: FL Commission numbers now start with "EE"

According to the Rules and Guidelines for posting on this forum under section II. Netiquette, sub-section 4, it states, in part, Do not personally attack, insult or degrade other users. In my opinion the response by jba/fl to the post by aurelio/FL does just that.

Reply by MelissaM_FL on 6/17/10 7:02am
Msg #341334

I find it interesting...

I just renewed my commission and got one of the final DD numbers, beginning with a 998. By the time I renew in 2014, I wonder how high the numbers will be?

Reply by aurelio/FL on 6/17/10 6:40am
Msg #341332

Sorry... I thought it was interesting... n/m

Reply by jba/fl on 6/17/10 7:08am
Msg #341337

But, you posted this already w/no response. Why again?

We have a huge state, with 'gazillions' of lawyers, TCs, mortgage companies, medical facilities, banks, judges, builders and contractors, and many other situations that have a notary or many on staff. We also have a great turnover of residency in this state, and an influx of new people all the time. If we already have over 300K notaries in the state, XYZ adding many every year alone not to mention other agencies attempting to flood the market, this figure is really kind of normal over a 8-10 year span.

What would be interesting is if we kept the same commission number upon renewal.

Reply by aurelio/FL on 6/17/10 7:19am
Msg #341338

Re: But, you posted this already w/no response. Why again?

I just thought it was interesting because they have started over again with "EE 1". Kind of cool to go from having an 8-digit commission number to having a 3-digit commission number.

Reply by jba/fl on 6/17/10 7:31am
Msg #341339

Actually 3 digits? EE 1? Ok, I concede, that IS interesting

I just figured that it would start with 000001 or 100001 or something like that.

Now I get your interest in this - thanks for clarifying.

Reply by aurelio/FL on 6/17/10 7:53am
Msg #341341

Re: Actually 3 digits? EE 1? Ok, I concede, that IS interesting

And actually it looks like they slipped up and there were a handful of notaries with "DD" followed by 7 digits; I guess when they realized they were supposed to stop at 6 digits they switched it over to "EE", and Mr. Raymond Hancock has been assigned commission number "EE 1". :-)

Reply by jba/fl on 6/17/10 7:58am
Msg #341342

Re: Actually 3 digits? EE 1? Ok, I concede, that IS interesting

Then it looks like neither you nor I can get it! And 13 will be gone by the time I renew (lucky number for me).

As my son would say: Da-a-a-ng!

Reply by PAW on 6/17/10 8:16am
Msg #341343

Not a slip up

There are 705 notaries that obtained a 7-digit "DD" number. The last "DD" number issued was 1000705, issued to Warren Milbourne of Wilton Manners, FL. The last "new" notary was issued DD1000704 (Notary ID 1286883), belonging to Megan Wetzsein of Naples, FL.

From what I've determined is that the sequence continues (up to 7 digits) until the last electronic submission batch is completed. Then the prefix is changed and the numbering starts all over again.

As of 6/17, the state is already up to EE 1312 and a Notary ID of 1287176.

But, who really cares?

Reply by aurelio/FL on 6/17/10 8:21am
Msg #341344

Obviously you care if you have done all that research LOL n/m

Reply by PAW on 6/17/10 10:26am
Msg #341354

Re: Obviously you care if you have done all that research LOL

Not really. But I did investigate what it would take to be a "bonding" company authorized the the State of Florida to process notary applications. So that information was readily obtained without much fuss or fanfare.

Reply by aurelio/FL on 6/17/10 10:41am
Msg #341358

Are you thinking of becoming a bonding agent, PAW?

I always thought, it's probably a very lucrative business. If you consider that many of these bonding companies process probably 20 applications a day, multiply that by the $30 or so dollars that the companies keep as the cost for the bond itself, and that is $600.00 a day, $3000 a week. In three weeks the agent already has enough capital to pay out if someone actually has a claim filed against their bond... and the occurrences of that happening are probably few and far between. Even if they have to pay out 10 bonds a year, which is probably a very liberal number, that is $75,000 out of the $150,000 they have collected in bond fees alone. Not to mention that many of them also make a killing on overpriced stamps and other supplies, and most charge more than $30 for the bond.

And, you don't even need a phyiscal office to run it, so your expenses would be low. I bet you a lot of these agents (Aaron Notary and Atlantic Bonding come to mind) don't even have a physical location, but rather have people working from home on their computers.

If I ever win the lottery or something and have a lot of capital to start a bonding agency, I might consider doing it. Some of these "el cheapo" agents with their tacky stamps and overpriced packages make me sick (Huckleberry Bonding's package comes with only one stamp and the total price is over $120 I believe)

Reply by PAW on 6/17/10 12:06pm
Msg #341378

No, not I. I was doing research for another person. n/m

Reply by MelissaM_FL on 6/17/10 8:39am
Msg #341345

2 letters then six digits

but mine was DD998XXX, so that's a ton of numbers to go through to already be on the EE series. I was renewed on June 4, according to the Governor's website. Just goes to show how many notaries there are in this state, IMO.