Posted by Marian_in_CA on 10/22/12 12:01am
Msg #439621

Would you abbriviate the venue?

I meant to bring this up the other day and forgot.

I saw a notarial certificate the other day and I thought.... wow, how lazy. I got to thinking, do any of you guys do this? I'd never even considered it because it just seems wrong.

It was done in Los Angeles County... s o the Venue read:

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State of CA
County of LA
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Now, I might see the CA one as being acceptable, but the county one?

One might look at that and think maybe it's Los Angeles... but what if it was really Lake or Lassen and is incomplete?

And what of other counties? Would you really abbreviate other counties, too? What if you wrote 'SB'? That could mean San Bernardino or San Benito...or Santa Barbara.


In this case, I wasn't even notarizing anything. I was actually just signing an I9 form as an agent. This lady had previously taken her passport to another notary requesting the agent service (not notarization) who refused to do the I9 but said, "The best I can do for you is to notarize a copy certification form."

Turns out the notary pulled out the document custodian form and notarized it. I asked if the notary issued an oath. Nope. That's when I saw the lazy venue header. Why is it so difficult to spell things out properly?

Reply by Joan Bergstrom on 10/22/12 12:17am
Msg #439623

All counties in CA cannot be abbreviated.
Los Angeles is not LA
Orange county is not ORG/etc

Reply by Marian_in_CA on 10/22/12 12:22am
Msg #439625

Re: Would you abbreviate the venue?

Yeah... common sense right?

And yet...I totally saw it with my own eyes.

Would it surprise anyone to learn it was done at a UPS store?

Reply by Shoshana/AZ on 10/22/12 12:22am
Msg #439626

I abbreviate the state all the time but never the county. I would think that LA could also mean Louisiana which is of course a state.

Reply by VT_Syrup on 10/22/12 6:20am
Msg #439638

I've seen documents come through from title with Vermont abbreviated VT. There are no generally used abbreviations for any Vermont counties, even informally, so counties are not an issue. I'm pretty sure no one would be amused if I called Essex county by its nickname, "Northeast Kingdom".

Reply by Linda_H/FL on 10/22/12 7:47am
Msg #439644

I never do but that's just me n/m

Reply by BrendaTx on 10/22/12 7:56am
Msg #439646

No. I would not abbreviate.

That is ridiculous and the height of laziness.

Reply by Linda Juenger on 10/22/12 8:35am
Msg #439649

Re: No. I would not abbreviate.

I see IL preprinted all the time. When I have to write it in, I write out the entire Illinois. There is no way to abbreviate my county and wouldn't anyway.

Reply by 101livescan on 10/22/12 9:36am
Msg #439655

Pretty lame! California and Santa Barbara County just rolls off the end of my pen...what's the issue? my my

Passion about this biz is key to succcess. This exhibits none!

Reply by dgd/CA on 10/22/12 10:42am
Msg #439658

It's never even occurred to me. No... n/m

Reply by Barb25 on 10/22/12 1:25pm
Msg #439685

That is an interesting question

For me, if you are going to write FL you might as well write FLORIDA, It is a professional thing and no big deal. Look how much better it even looks here...

But, I have to tell you if would be tempting ... if I lived in NORTH CAROLINA to not want to write NC... I might not do it but I would sure want to. After all, I dropped my Middle name at my last commission renewal.



As for the county, of course no.