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02/23/2026

Notaries should always keep a journal, because detailed records of your acts can help you avoid legal trouble.

11/07/2023

Happy National Notary Public Day

Professional Notary Services Staff members wish Notaries a Happy Notary Public Day!

04/17/2023

3 things you can’t do as a Notary
By David Thun on May 1, 2019

Updated 4-3-23. A Notary’s role in identifying document signers and preventing fraud is important, but remember there are certain services you cannot perform. Here are 3 things you cannot do as a Notary:

Don’t endorse advertising as a Notary
Don’t use your Notary commission to offer improper legal advice
Don’t use your Notary seal to make a document appear “legal”

09/10/2022

The average 30-year fixed mortgage rate hit 5.89%, up from 2.88% a year ago and reaching the highest levels since 2008 per Freddie Mac data. That's not good.

03/10/2021

Executive orders cannot contradict existing legislation. If they do, the supreme courts can shut the order down. However, the system of checks and balances seems to be on vacation due to bribery or pure laziness, (or stupidity.) If you enforce a Face Mask Order, in my lay person opinion you are guil...

12/26/2020

IR-2020-279, December 22, 2020 — The IRS today issued the 2021 optional standard mileage rates used to calculate the deductible costs of operating an automobile for business, charitable, medical or moving purposes.

09/17/2020

The Federal Reserve announced yesterday it would likely hold interest rates near zero through 2023, a move meant to provide longer-term stability for an economy struggling to dig out of the coronavirus-induced downturn.

Business for we Closing agents is going to go out of the roof!

07/02/2020

I'm just throwing this out here.

After each signing, I always send an invoice to whomever hires me, then, at the beginning of each month, I send a follow-up notice on any invoice that remains unpaid. Today, I was going through my list of unpaid invoices and came across one from 4/27/20. I sent an email,

"Good afternoon, This signing was completed on 4/27/2020. Please remit payment immediately.

Thank you."

The response I got was this,

"First of all this has already been issued second ITS not DUE yet. So please don’t demand payment until it’s past due. I will forward you a copy once I’m in the office but again it’s not due yet!!!!!"

Does anyone else here think this reaction is a little over the top?

04/03/2020

https://www.nationalnotary.org/notary-bulletin/blog/2020/03/notaries-precautions-coronavirus

If you're worried about coronavirus risk during mobile Notary assignments, the NNA and mortgage industry officials recommend these precautions.

03/25/2020

Learn more about NY Governor Executive Order (2020) at nationalnotary.org