Posted by jd/DE on 11/4/10 2:52pm
Msg #359686

Can't Get Paid

Hi, I have only been in this business for a year and really enjoy this work. However, I have 2 companies that haven't paid me. Is there a list somewhere of companies not to deal with because they don't pay. I have been calling and emailing one since July and the other since Sept. I suspect the later one has gone under now because all the voice mail boxes for notary support are full. Any help would be appreciated. Also, if there is a place where folks post the "deadbeat" companies, I guess I should post these two? thanks!

Reply by James Dawson on 11/4/10 2:54pm
Msg #359687

Click on signing central and see if they're listed.

Reply by jd/DE on 11/4/10 3:57pm
Msg #359702

Thanks! I will sign up! and I dis post a response to the other issue------ Oh, let me clarify. The law requires that an attorney be involved and of course I cannot take any monies. I don't do closings or settlements as my friends in VA do, I just notarize signatures for refi's--then they go to the lawyers or in some cases, an attorney has been on the phone. I also notarize POA's, vehicle/boat sales, etc. etc.

Reply by Linda_H/FL on 11/4/10 2:58pm
Msg #359688

Check SC - but be careful what steps you take

DE being an attorney-only state, if you're not an attorney you may be asking for more trouble than that fee is worth...

Reply by MW/VA on 11/4/10 3:18pm
Msg #359694

You beat me to it, Linda. It amazes me how many notaries

are trying to work the NSA business in "attorney only" states.

Reply by jd/DE on 11/4/10 3:51pm
Msg #359700

Re: Check SC - but be careful what steps you take

Oh, let me clarify. The law requires that an attorney be involved and of course I cannot take any monies. I don't do closings or settlements as my friends in VA do, I just notarize signatures for refi's--then they go to the lawyers or in some cases, an attorney has been on the phone. I also notarize POA's, vehicle/boat sales, etc. etc.

Reply by MW/VA on 11/4/10 3:56pm
Msg #359701

I can't understand why you would have payment issues, then.

Wouldn't your services be paid by the attorney at the time of the signing?

Reply by jd/DE on 11/4/10 4:02pm
Msg #359704

Re: I can't understand why you would have payment issues, then.

Well, unlike my friends in Virginia, the attorney might be in Rhode Island on the phone, or CA on the phone or the docs are fed-Exed to the attorney. Again, I don't do closings or settlements. Not permitted in DE--and I have had to explain that to several companies. But I did get my question answered so thanks so much!

Reply by MW/VA on 11/4/10 4:14pm
Msg #359711

I get that. I'm just suggesting that if I was in DE & in

the situation where I was working under an attorney, I would insist that they be the one's to pay me. Maybe that's not how it works, but IMO that would be best & negate any liability issues of "doing signings".