Perhaps I'm misinterpreting your post saying, "They asked for signatures, to make sure they match with the signatures on mainly the DOT, but all critical notarized documents. I sent them the entire entries, because this needs to close without a hitch and I over killed it." Sounds to me like you gave them more than they requested (in writing).
I understand times are lean insofar as signings (for most of us) and we're all trying to keep our clients. However, that's not an excuse for ignoring our notary laws. From the 2022 California Notary Handbook:
"A notary public must respond within 15 business days after the receipt of a written request
from any member of the public for a copy of a transaction in the notary public journal by
supplying either a photostatic copy of a line item from the notary public’s journal or an
acknowledgment that no such line item exists. The written request shall include the name of
the parties, the type of document, and the month and year in which the document was notarized.
The cost to provide the requested information must not exceed thirty cents ($0.30) per page.
(Government Code sections 8206(c) and 8206.5)"
Please correct me if I'm wrong with the above interpretation. I know a seasoned notary, such as yourself, would never knowingly violate our notary laws -- just like we would never back-date or pre-date our notarial certs.
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