COMMISSION MGMT

Question 1

INDEPENDENT NOTARIES

Answer 1

Self employed
mobile notary
store front notary

Question 2

storefront notaries cannot

Answer 2

refuse service to anyone

they can make an appointment with people
not required to travel

Question 3

employee notaries

Answer 3

• company can limit your notary service during working hours with a limited service agreement
• fee remission agreement

Question 4

can you notarize after work?

Answer 4

yes because you are the notary and the notary and seal belong to you not your employer. This is your license not your employer

Question 5

isnt it a conflict of interest to be a notary for a company?

Answer 5

no it’s an indirect beneficial interest

as long as your salary and everything else doesn’t benefit you directly, you are allowed to notarize

Question 6

who is allowed to notarize

Answer 6

attorney, agent, employee, insurer, escrow holder, lender

Question 7

who is not allowed to notarize

Answer 7

grantor/grantee
lessor/lessee
vendor/vendee
trustor/trustee
mortgagor/mortgagee
beneficiary

Question 8

WORDS WITH “OR” & “EE” or eee & OR sound

Answer 8

not allowed to notarize

Question 9

Public notaries

Answer 9

• works for public school, police department, any public agency
  -can only notarize for their employer
  -cannot notarize after hours
  -remit fees collected
  -resign after termination
  -public agency uses public tax money that is why you can’t be an independent notary after work
  -submit letter to proctors when taking notary exam

Question 10

military notary

Answer 10

must be a US Citizen
-Federal Service Employee
-only notarize on one military base
-can’t notarize after office hours
-fee remission
-if you move to a different base, you have to resign and sign up again

Question 11

Commission status

Answer 11

a way for SOS to able to contact you

Question 12

what happens if you change your name?

Answer 12

1. Fill out “notary name change” document and send it by REGULAR MAIL
2. need new oath and bond
3. destroy old seal and get new seal within 30 days

may notarize until you get your ammended commision and cert from SOS

Question 13

Change of address

Answer 13

1. Notify SOS by cert mail within 30 days
   no new oath and bond needed even if you’ve changed to a different county

Question 14

Resigning commission includes

Answer 14

commission name
commission number
expiration date
bond and oath on file at county
take journal and oath to county
destroy seal

Question 15

if notary has untimely demise

Answer 15

• have designated reprsentative
• notify SOS immediately
  -destroy seal and give journals to county

Question 16

advertising in spanish

Answer 16

-notario publico means something different in spanish therefore you can’t use it in addition to “notario”

Question 17

$1500 fine

Answer 17

first offense if you use notario publico

permanent revocation on second offense

Question 18

how to properly advertise in spanish

Answer 18

“notary public… se hablo espanol”

Question 19

advertising in any other language, using a translation in any other language

Answer 19

must include:
“i am not an attorney and therefore cannot give legal advice about immigration matters or any other legal matters”

• include fees

Question 20

$1.5k fine

Answer 20

1st offense if you don’t include requirements posted in english and your language on advertisement.

Question 21

immigration consultant

Answer 21

if you are one, you may not advertise your notary services as an immigration consultant

Question 22

qualified and bonded immigration consultants

Answer 22

can help fill out immigration documents