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A legal action filed by an unhappy UPS customer has highlighted notarization fee-charging practices by notaries and by commercial businesses that employ them. To avoid potential fee disputes, we recommend that notaries everywhere follow these baseline fee-charging practices...
Many people search for education courses or notary materials that are in languages other than English; they are hard to find since understanding English is a requirement of becoming a notary public in Florida. Pursuant to law (1), an applicant must b...
As a commissioned or appointed notary public of your state, you own a lot of personal and professional responsibility every time you perform a notarial act.
One test of a notary’s will to exercise that responsibility relates to notarial certificates, particularly those appearing in a document prepared by respected professionals such as an attorney or paralegal.
When identifying a principal signer, a notary may find that the name on the principal’s identification credential doesn’t exactly match how their name appears on the document presented for notarization. Notaries can possibly resolve these types of name discrepancies, if their state notary laws and/or rules don’t prevent them from employing these strategies.
Read more: What to Do When Names Don’t Match on the ID and Document
Notary education is selectively required from state to state. However, a growing trend in the United States suggests that mandatory education and/or examination may become a requirement for more states in the future.