I had a signing last night and the lenders had already irritated the borrowers so badly we barely got it signed. I was hired by a title company and it came with a nice fee.
But, I am being asked to notarize an ack. form attached to nothing, plus asked to notarize my own signature.
Ya just don't do that!
I know some do so and are ok with it, but I have tried to justify it all day in between the appointments of a pretty busy schedule today and I am down to the wire. I just cannot do it.
How do I say this to the title company without making an enemy? If they do not hire me again, oh well, that is the price for have values that I feel I cannot bend and I will just live with it. I do not even care if they pay me, but enemies I do not need.
Most of the documents were left incomplete and I notarized those after they were signed with a few blanks still there. I am asked in another situation to sign off that taxes are paid. That's not as big of a deal because I got that info from public record. It was not a form for the bo's to sign. However, the other blanks I have no way of knowing the info and neither can the borrowers, but they said go ahead and they signed.
I feel spooked because the bo's are angry at the lender, as well.
The deed/note are ok. As it is, I have a couple of hours to get it in the fedex box, but I need some feedback to make me see another side, or to just support me in my decision, or just help me to understand.
This is the first time I have run into this -- what do you all do? I have refused to do two other notarizations in the past that were wrong and I have not regretted it because I see that it would have ruined my notary career --
So, I do not mind standing for the way I think I should go, but what do I say? What's up with this??
Brenda
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