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Texas notaries public received welcome recognition of their value and expertise with a new, notarization fee increase that took effect on September 1, 2023.
Read more: Texas Increases Notarization Fees & Opportunities for Notaries
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Great question! Yes, a Notary must occasionally stop a notarization because of an issue that would prevent notarizing in compliance with state law.
Often, people who aren’t familiar with notary law and requirements assume that when “notarizing,” a notary just identifies a person, watches the person sign, and then affixes their notary stamp near the person’s signature on the document.
But there’s much more to notarizing than just those procedural steps.
Read more: Why Are There Different Types of Signature Notarizations?
It happens eventually to every notary… a person appears for a notarization, but the document is presented without any notarial certificate language indicating the notarial act to be performed.
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.
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