Updated 5-29-19. California has the most extensive and sweeping Notary requirements for recording signers’ thumbprints. But not all...

Updated 5-30-19. Many Notaries have been asked to perform an illegal or improper notarization by a customer, boss or co-worker. It’s...

Updated 4-29-19. A Notary is not a lawyer. In fact, it is against the law for Notaries who aren't attorneys to provide certain kinds of...

While a Notary’s role in identifying document signers and preventing fraud is important, you are not allowed to use your commission to...

On January 1, a new California law takes effect that requires California Notaries to use new certificate wording for acknowledgments,...

Updated 3-20-19. The two most common notarizations requested by customers are acknowledgments and jurats. But not everyone knows the...

Many customers have no idea what type of notarization they need when they visit a Notary. But at the same time, Notaries cannot choose a...

Updated 7-9-18. "I need this notarized" is one of the most common requests heard from signers. But signers often don't realize there is...

A signer from another country asks you to perform a notarization for him. The only identification he has is a passport from his country....

Number 1: What Is Acceptable ID? This clearly takes the top spot. One of the key reasons it comes up so often is that Notaries are...

Updated 7-9-18. Notaries are sometimes asked to notarize using unorthodox technology such as a webcam instead of personal appearance....

1. Failing To Require The Signer To Appear  Experts all agreed that failing to require a signer to physically appear before you is the...

A Notary working in the Pennsylvania Attorney General’s office provided key evidence that helped convict her boss of perjury and several...

Loan document signings are crucial financial transactions for signers. It’s understandable that borrowers often have questions, and the...

Wanda Scheib, a Notary who worked in the Pennsylvania attorney general’s office, had been doing her job for more than 20 years before her...

If you’re a California Notary, you may be caught off guard if you’re handed a driver’s license this year that no longer lists the bearer...

Trick 1: The fraudster could ask you to hurry If your signer says, “I can’t wait; I have 5 minutes to do this,” the hope is that you will...

I'm a mobile traveling notary public based in North Hollywood and Sherman Oaks CA. One of the services that I offer are Hospital visits....

Updated 2-25-19. Notarizing a signature on a foreign-language document may present some tricky issues if you don't read or speak the...

Signers often need important legal or business documents notarized but aren’t sure how to complete them, so they may turn to you for...