Texas Notary Blog
About a year ago, Texas prohibited notaries from entering any identification card numbers, passport numbers, or personal identification number that is uniquely associated with the signer into their record books. You still need to record the type of id...
Do you charge a fee for your notarial acts? Under Texas law, these must be recorded in a Fee Book. Texas requires all of its notaries to keep an up-to-date notary record book. This must be kept whether you charge a fee or not. If you do charge a fee, ...
Read more: Texas Notary Record Book and Fee Book-- the Difference
Celebrate being a notary public or thank the notary public in your life on November 7th, Notary Public Day! Transactions that are essential to the normal function of our everyday lives would not be possible without the skill and attention of a notary p...
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TEXAS NOTARIES – What New Stamp Requirement Means for You The Texas notary law that requires a notary seal to contain the notary’s ID number goes into effect on January 1, 2016. We posted about the new law in July 2015 and you can read the...
Read more: Texas Notaries What New Stamp Requirement Means for You
Charging Notary Fees in TEXAS A travel fee is not included in the standard notary fee and should be treated as a separate charge. Unfortunately, sometimes payment can be difficult to receive. Here are our suggestions on how to ensure you are compensate...
You own your notary commission, notary stamp and your record book. Even if your company pays for you to be commissioned, if you leave that position, you are legally bound to bring your notary supplies with you. Although, your notary commission is your ...
Texas law does not require you to understand the language that a document you are notarizing is in. This being said, it opens you up to more liability if you are unaware of what the document is actually saying. If you cannot understand the language of...
Read more: What Not To Do With Foreign Language Notarizations
One of the cardinal rules of a notary public is not to notarize any forms for someone that is not in your presence when they sign said forms. Notaries are also not allowed to notarize blank forms. Many times these rules cause issues, and people try to ...
Occasionally, a notary is confounded by the request for a gold medallion notarization, or something that sounds very similar to that. Exactly what service is being requested? The answer is a medallion signature guarantee, a special signature guarantee ...
Texas Notary Public Recordbook Requirements: As a notary public in the state of Texas, you are probably aware that you are required to keep a recordbook of all notarial acts performed through the duration of your commission. But how much do you know...
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