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Do you check your state's notary public resources on a frequent basis to ensure that you're notarizing in accordance with the laws and administrative rules that govern you?

Tell the truth… do YOU regularly review your state’s notary public resources to assure yourself that you are notarizing in compliance with the laws and administrative rules that govern you?

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Good advice bears repeating. Great advice deserves prompt action! Here is some of the best advice a notary can receive: protect yourself with a Notary Errors and Omissions (E&O) policy.

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.

“Notaries witness signatures.”

That’s the number-one answer most people give when asked, “What is the function of a Notary Public?”

Well indeed, Notaries witness signatures! But the context in which they do so dictates which actions are required of them.

Certain core notarial permissions are uniform across all states, for example the authority of a notary to perform acknowledgement and jurat (verification) notarial acts.

Dig a little bit into state notary laws, however, and differences are immediately apparent.

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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.

Notaries are solely responsible for ensuring that every notarial certificate completed complies fully with their state’s law and administrative rules. You cannot assume year-in and year-out that your state laws, administrative rules and recommended practices remain static. They can change, subtly or dramatically, but always with the potential to affect something in the way that you perform a notarial act or provide evidence of your act in your notarial certificate.

A Notary Signing Agent’s smartphone is indispensable. So are apps that make using a smartphone for Notary Signing Agent work more secure and productive.

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