Posted by Claudine Osborne on 4/28/12 9:45pm
Msg #419287

States with the most notaries

I'm looking at a magazine that lists each state and how many notaries they have..pretty interesting!

States with the most Notaries
Texas
Florida
NY
Ohio
Illinois

Reply by Lee/AR on 4/28/12 10:29pm
Msg #419290

Lots of people, too. n/m

Reply by HisHughness on 4/29/12 1:05am
Msg #419293

Now if we could just see a list of states with the most competent notaries. Texas certainly would not top that list.

Reply by FlaNotary2 on 4/29/12 8:07am
Msg #419299

Florida certainly wouldn't either n/m

Reply by VT_Syrup on 4/29/12 9:10am
Msg #419303

Louisiana has the most difficult test, but also vastly greater authority. My guess is that Louisiana notaries are more competent at basic tasks like acknowledgements, but I won't hazard a guess at how good they are with their more difficult duties, like drafting legal documents.

Reply by bfnotary on 4/29/12 9:32am
Msg #419305

Well I know my area has at least 1 incompetent notary. I have gotten a few calls where I was asked to do a signing and comes to find out a notary had already did the signing, I was just there re-doing it. I was glad I got the job, but at the same time, I felt bad for the company for having to pay twice. And they were not low ball companies either. But on the bright side, I picked up a few companies that way. And I know 2 of the ones I went to re-do, Involved the same notary. I only know that because the borrowers told me who it was.

Reply by Linda_H/FL on 4/29/12 9:46am
Msg #419306

Don't feel bad for the company...if the re-sign was a

result of the first notary's incompetence, that notary probably didn't get paid; so company only paid one signing fee....

I feel more for the borrowers - who MAY have ended up with a redraw fee - unless title absorbed that cost too - then I feel bad for title - but maybe they'll be more careful in the future about who they hire.

Reply by bfnotary on 4/29/12 9:53am
Msg #419307

Re: Don't feel bad for the company...if the re-sign was a

Lol, Ok that was officially the biggest blonde moment I have had in a while. I wasn't even thinking that the notary didn't get paid. Probably because I haven't had any errors yet, (knock on wood). But wow, still a blonde moment.

Reply by Linda_H/FL on 4/29/12 10:09am
Msg #419308

I would just hope this notary hasn't had too many

opportunities to blunder too many other loans..

Reply by bfnotary on 4/29/12 12:44pm
Msg #419311

Re: I would just hope this notary hasn't had too many

Man if you heard the stories of her. She has also cancelled alot of times at last minute. Pretty soon she is going to run out of companies that call her. Except maybe the non paying ones, because they won't care.

Reply by FGX/NJ on 4/29/12 2:02pm
Msg #419313

NJ 16 per sq, mile

Reply by Diedra/TX on 4/30/12 8:46am
Msg #419339

I will agree there are a lot of notaries here in TX, but the problem is that most of them (in my area anyway)are bail bondsmen, 'in-house' notaries that don't advertise and only notarize for thier customers or they aren't mobile. There does seem to be a LOT of work in my area, good for me!