some regular notaries are going from PA into MD with nothing but a notary stamp. I know of one PA notary who apparently has his MD notary commission and probably his title producer's license. He then farms the work out to others and although I don't know for sure I'd bet they don't have the necessary requirements. One of the idiots even told a borrower that she didn't need any id because the husband was signing first. I'm sure he'd have done a great job on a test.
Anyway, I was offered a veeeeeery good deal from a title company just this week for closings in Frederick. The manager of the title company was the one that called me. At first she didn't understand why I couldn't close in Frederick if the properties were PA properties. Finally, I think/thought I got that through to her that my commission follows me, not the real estate. Then, I figured I'd better enlighten her with what little I know of your title producers requirements. She thought that was ridiculous. Because I do a lot up here for this company and because for whatever reason they love me & my work I figured my recommendation would carry a lot of weight so I gave her the phone number of a someone with a MD title producer license but as of this a.m. he hadn't heard from her yet. Can't imagine what she's doing - perhaps researching for the proper procedure - or perhaps not. |