Posted by Brittany Curchoe on 4/6/12 3:36pm
Msg #417163

Question about out of state.

Hi, I have my notary and a friend of my is moving to New Jersey. She lives in PA right now. She wanted to know if I could notarize her lease for NJ. She would be present here in PA when I do it. Am I allowed to? I just wasn't sure because the document is from another state.

Thanks!

Reply by Ilene C. Seidel on 4/6/12 3:49pm
Msg #417167

It's not the document your notarizing it's her signature. Just make sure the acknowledgement comply's with Pa. law. The verbage on acknowledgements vary state to state.

Reply by FlaNotary2 on 4/6/12 5:08pm
Msg #417185

Just curious… how can one "have a notary"? n/m

Reply by jba/fl on 4/6/12 5:14pm
Msg #417186

Re: Just curious… how can one "have a notary"?

Went to the store and bought one.
Married one.
Found one, took the notary home...shacking up.

Reply by Clem/CA on 4/6/12 5:27pm
Msg #417188

Re: Just curious… how can one "have a notary"?

What a set up..... not going there

Reply by FlaNotary2 on 4/6/12 5:31pm
Msg #417189

No other professional abuses their title like notaries do

I have never heard an attorney say that he's going to "do an attorney" or use the term "got my attorney" when referring to passi the bar exam.

If you don't know how to properly use the terminology, you aren't taking this very seriously and therefore should not be in this profession.

Reply by MikeC/TX on 4/6/12 6:47pm
Msg #417193

Re: No other professional abuses their title like notaries do

Lighten up. This is not rocket surgery we're talking about. We all know that these miscues offend your personal sense of "the profession" (as if such a thing actually existed), but a simple correction would be more helpful than the suggestion that this person doesn't deserve to be a notary.

Reply by rengel/CA on 4/7/12 2:25pm
Msg #417237

Re: No other professional abuses their title like notaries do

Again Robert, it's a "commission" not a "degree". How dare you compare going thorugh 4 years of law school and EARNING a law degree to being GIVEN a commission.

And, until the states take this biz more seriously, you can't expect all notaries to take it seriously.

My .02

Reply by MikeC/TX on 4/6/12 6:38pm
Msg #417191

You can notarize her signature on any document as long as she appears before you and the notarial certificate complies with your state law. If it doesn't, either correct it or attach a loose certificate that is compliant.

All that matters is where your feet are when you notarize - a notarization done in one state is valid in the other 49.

Reply by Brittany Curchoe on 4/6/12 8:20pm
Msg #417203

Thanks, Mike. And I do appreciate that the person corrected me. I definitely will not say that again. And I will take things more serious to research and learn more about the profession.