Like I said before, and Pegi and many of us experienced notaries, it's a scam to get orders in and fulfilled.
The hiring party could give a crap on how you get it done and stamped. Why? Because they have no part in it. That's something the notary did. If they get caught, the excuse "Well XXX told me it was okay to do it". It's not going to save you and make you look foolish, and you will lose your commission and possibly a fine if your actions caused harm in any way. We are independent, it doesn't fall back on them, only the notary who does this stuff.
C'mom notaries. We know right from wrong and we should all be ignoring these car closings, window closings, drive-by closings, whatever name you want to call it. It's not convenient, and it's illegal. Stand up to the hiring party and tell them "no" and you prefer the traditional way of using best and safe practices. That's it. Show them your not a stooge agreeing with everything. Just because they suggest it doesn't make it so. They are planting a seed to you and the signers, and is wrong.
Don't be weak here. Limit your exposure. Prefill in everything you can, do a point and sign closing, predate...so when the time comes, they sign, you sign and stamp. That's it.
The states that have RON, do it the right way. "Physical present" doesn't mean sitting in the car skyping.
The good thing from all of this, nobody is doing RON it seems so resorting to this nonsense. |
