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Msg #650322
1 replies | Took my commission renewal exam yesterday | By  Cheryl Elliott on 3/19/25 12:35pm
There were a couple tricky questions. There was a loan signing class following. 6 of theb14 were staying on. First timers. What did I think of the prospects?
As a new person to notary world there is a learning curve. As a new SA, well work is scarce unless you are very dialed in.
What did I mean by that? Well, keep your day job.
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| Msg #650320
4 replies | Sign Docs Today | By Kay/IL on 3/19/25 12:25pm
Is anyone familiar with Sign Docs Today signing service? I received an assignment from them yesterday. Pay is nice but I did not see them listed on Signing Central.
What say you?
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| Msg #650319
0 replies | Legal Paper for sale | By Deni on 3/19/25 11:58am
11 reams of 8.5"x14", 500 sheets/ream. No longer doing loan signing.
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| Msg #650317
1 replies | Anyone besides me noticing how many glitch-loaded SS sites | By Lee/AR on 3/18/25 3:33pm
there are? Updating E&O and running into many SS sites where they want YOU to upload the creds... and they don't work... every glitchy site has its own peculiar glitch. The upload button doesn't work; it says upload complete, but it's not there. Can't even find a place to see, much less update, your profile. The platforms seem to work OK...and that says a lot about our declining field.
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| Msg #650309
0 replies | Brother 5200 fuser replacement | By MariaMO on 3/17/25 3:55pm
I was afraid to try this but it wasn’t bad at all. If you need a good video, a guy named Hadley Henson has one on YouTube that walks you through it step-by-step. I paid a little over $100 for the fuser.
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| Msg #650305
9 replies | RTCs in Package | By Candice Russell on 3/17/25 8:01am
Let me start by saying I've been doing this for a really long time. I did a closing on Saturday for a heloc with 2 signers. There were 4 total right to cancels in the package, 2 for each signer. I had them sign 1 to return with the package and I left behind one each for the signers. Network Transaction Solutions is telling me that I made a mistake and that both copies should have been signed and returned. They are expecting me to go back, on my dime, to correct the "error". I told them it was not an error, that if the lender or title company wanted all of the right to cancels signed and returned, it should have been explicitly mentioned in the instructions! Am I crazy here? I need some backup.
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| Msg #650295
1 replies | PA ID laws for acceptable ID | By Michele Guerin on 3/13/25 2:45pm
As a PA notary, Government issued IDs used for identifying the signer can not be expired, even by a day. This is the most used acceptable form of identification by PA notaries. Credible witness and Personal Knowledge also allowed but not used very much.
Most clients are strangers to us.
I have too often had, mostly elderly folks, present me w/ expired ID, thereby cancelling our appointment. I learned to ask on the initial phone inquiry if they have ‘current ID’ which saves a lot of disappointment at our meeting.
Most times it happens as a result of no longer driving, nor traveling and allowing their driver licenses and passports to expire.The resulting dilemma being the inability of these folks to be able to go to a nearby PenDot office, with their photo card (having done the renewal process online hopefully w/ the assistance of a family member/friend) and having a photo taken and leaving with a new, up to date, ID.
The reasons are SO many that people can’t travel to PenDot. My most recent request was from a son who needed documents from his mother’s investment firm signed/notarized. She is in Hospice in a senior retirement community. She is NOT getting to a PenDot office. She has an expired US Passport (2020) and driver license (2022). They are stuck.
I’ve come across TOO many people who have this problem for many reasons. They are immobile, bedridden, in the hospital/hospice, have no resources to drive them to PenDot, etc. etc.
The Bottom Line: In PA, w/o current ID, a notary can not notarize their documents and the process is aborted-sometimes permanently. Not fair to them. There needs to be a solution.
I have recently contacted my State Senator, Tim Kearney, and my House Rep, Jennifer O’Mara, and our Secretary of State, Al Schmidt, regarding this issue. I have proposed these suggestions and want to share them with you.
The first and best being, a mobile PenDot unit that, with scheduled appointments, can go to the folks needing updated ID and get a new ID that way. This could start out going to senior living communities, allowing more people to get this done at one time. It could evolve from there.
Another suggestion is to expand the definition of ‘acceptable ID’ and encourage senior communities to create an ID, upon Admission, that includes a picture, signature, description. This is a start to finding another way to accurately ID a signer. This does not help those not living in these communities, but would be a beneficial solution for many.
This is a ‘band-aid’ approach, but would be helpful:
Allowing for a ‘grace period’ after the expiration date to allow for the ID to be acceptable. I suggest not a very long ‘grace period’, like 12-18 months. People change and pictures are worth a thousand words. This is why I disagree w/ Ms O’Mara’s proposed bill to use ‘old’ ID pics on new ID’s. If the picture no longer resembles the person in front of the notary- how can we be assured it is the same person? This opens up an avenue to fraud and puts potential accountability on the notary.
Education and Awareness are imperative to resolving this issue. Having speakers address this at senior community Open Houses, Senior Fairs, etc. are ways to remind folks of the importance of keeping your ID up to date.
PA NOTARIES: Will you join me in creating a solution to this ongoing problem and write your state lawmakers and our Secretary of State? Will you back me in identifying this ongoing issue we are faced with on a regular basis and suggest some solutions? Will you be the Advocate for this group of people needing a resolution to their dilemma?
I hope so!
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| Msg #650288
5 replies | Do Snapdocs and Signing Order issue 1099's?? | By Richard Airey on 3/13/25 10:04am
Hello, do these services issue 1099's at the end of the year, or is that up to each individual title company? Do the title companies not issue 1099's unless they paid you a certain dollar amount? I'm finding it hard to navigate snapdocs and signing order sites, or to contact anyone there. Any feedback appreciated. Thanks!
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| Msg #650286
4 replies | Skyway Notary | By Angelique Abercrombie on 3/12/25 1:18pm
Has anyone had any recent issues with payment from Skyway Notary?
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| Msg #650284
1 replies | Accredited Notary Services Notary scheduling closings? | By Roadie_MD on 3/11/25 8:46am
Got an order for an equity closing for Accredited Notary Services in Henderson, NV. Never worked for them, and not finding much feedback online. Apparently it is my responsibility to schedule the closing, which seems unusual for an equity loan. Mods, not so much, but this seems unusual. I feel like it's not my job.
Anyone have any experience with this company or this type of request?
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| Msg #650274
6 replies | Cloud signing llc | By Jerry Kryska on 3/10/25 11:20am
hi everyone,
Just a piece of new info about this company. I know there were some NSA’s that were complains about getting paid from this company, I did an assignment for them locally 2 months ago for $40, there schedule is 60 business days to receive payment and i actually got paid based on their terms. That being said I would still stay away from them as a precaution.
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| Msg #650266
10 replies | Nonpayment Docs2Go, LLC | By EL-Rasheedah Wilson on 3/9/25 4:51pm
Hello,
Has anyone worked with this company before? I did a signing back in December and still have not received payment.
I sent several emails and finally got a response saying that they basically have no money to pay me right now and will pay me whenever. I sent a follow up email asking if they could tell me when and still no reply.
Docs2Go, LLC
The Premier Nationwide Notary Provider
404-740-2893
6441 S. Chickasaw Trail #200
Orlando, Florida 32829
Email: admin@docs2go.net
Website: www.docs2go.net
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| Msg #650263
5 replies | Will federal government job terminations impact the industry | By CapCityAgent on 3/9/25 9:24am
Do you think the federal government job terminations will impact the refi industry? If so, what do you foresee happening? e.g. an increase in refinancing; increase in house foreclosures etc... How long do you think it will take before we see the impact?
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| Msg #650259
1 replies | Vermont proposing new law about names | By VT_Syrup on 3/8/25 1:42pm
Troy Headrick, a representative in the Vermont House, has proposed H.351 An act relating to operator’s licenses, privilege cards, and nondriver identification cards.
https://legislature.vermont.gov/bill/status/2026/H.351
One of the provisions is
(a) It is the intent of the General Assembly that:
(1) individuals be able to obtain an operator’s license, privilege card, or nondriver identification that accurately reflects the individual’s full, legal name, including individuals with multiple first or last names, or whose names contain special characters; and
The problem I have is that, like every state I know of, there is no single law that says what a person’s name is.
* The law about birth registration says some stuff, but that’s only for people born in the state since the law was passed.
* The DMV has policies about names, but those are secret.
* There are laws and court decisions about how a person’s name should be written on a deed in the land records so that everyone will be on notice of the property transaction.
* There are laws about how one can change one’s name.
I think it’s wrong to give the DMV more authority over names using the secret procedures buried in their computer programs. Write a law about names that everyone can see. Put it in a more general-purpose part of the law, such as “Title 1: General Provisions”. Force the DMV to follow it.
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| | Msg #650240
5 replies | Trust me... | By Cheryl Elliott on 3/7/25 9:27am
I have had a run on Trust documents lately. Eay better work than loan signing gigs, even the lowest of the low $20 Cloud Signing gigs are swooped up!
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| Msg #650236
0 replies | Nationwide Vitual Site Inspection | By Phillips Notary And Signing Agent - Renita on 3/6/25 3:26pm
Anyone familar with Nationwide Virtual Site inspection company.
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| Msg #650232
1 replies | Eagle singing service-I'd avoid | By aanotary on 3/6/25 12:42pm
I did a few jobs for them. i had to ask for payment- but it arrived a few days after I requested it. Now I am getting the run around on 2 measly seller jobs. They keep asking me if my payment information is accurate in their system and I keep responding that Ive received payment thru their direct deposit twice. I did tell them my next email will be to title. I'd avoid them - their fees are bad , even though I was able to negotiate higher - And I don't appreciate the delay in this payment
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| Msg #650227
3 replies | contacted by Nell McCALLUM | By Sergio Seanez on 3/6/25 8:19am
was contacted by law firm Nell McCALLUM to sign a document , has anyone dealt with this firm in the past? and if so did they pay on time?
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| Msg #650226
15 replies | Interesting Newsletter from SnapDocs | By Lee/AR on 3/5/25 8:17pm
76.2% of their signings have notary issues. Over half their signings have incorrectly signed documents.
If this doesn't convince hiring party that the cheapest notary is not the best choice, I don't know what will.
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