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dfye@mcttelecom.com
New Hampshire
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 Posted - 01/13/2006 : 08:04:48 AM
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When you are working for the county, they have every right to ask you not to do your signings in their office. Just to clarify, we as notaries are not officers of the state govenment but Officers of the Court. That is why you may need to place your commission on file with your local county courthouse. There is a big difference.
The state government is not the one paying your fee to do the signing. It is your contractor. You have agreed to do a job for a fee outside of the realm of the government.
As an individual who has been employed by the state government many years ago, I was informed from the very beginning that I was not allowed to conduct other business at their expense. The assessors should have told you that as well.
When you think about it, our companies will not send the borrower to a bank to have their documents notarized by a notary they have never heard of. They send you because you have signed up and proven yourselves with them not with the county government. The county will and/or should not tolerate you capitalizing on their turf.
Personally, I would not sign any loan in a government office unless otherwise specified in your confirmation. That is why we get paid to travel to the borrowers homes which is the whole idea of mobile signing--convenience to the borrower and not for you the notary.
I realize that there are times when going to the borrower's home is not an option and the signing must take place somewhere else. I recommend in your case that you find a local coffee shop or something. Even the library allows you to do signings (quietly, of course). The library can let you because it is a public place where people gather and not an office. It is also an ideal place to be if you need to define something that you cannot. Libraries are loaded with a plethora of information which could assist you during the signing. I can only surmise that you are not doing signings all day in the county office, so if you have to take the signing elsewhere, you really ought to.
Legal Eagle Para Professional Services |
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Posted - 09/18/2005 : 01:13:59 AM
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| Any individual in any office (public or private), whether a visitor or someone conducting business in the office (with that office or otherwise), who is disrupting the day-to-day operations of that office or causing what can be perceived by the manager as a disruption can and should be asked to leave. I think the question you should be asking is whether your conduct as a notary conducting business in that office was different from other notaries. Apparently someone complained about the conduct or the business being done [maybe not you directly], and one bad apple has soured it for the rest of you. You said it yourself, the manager “said she would look into it and if need be post a sign telling notaries to take it outside”. Not you specifically, but ALL NOTARIES. Unless you and the office manager can come to an agreement, looks like you--and the other notaries--will have to set up shop somewhere else. |
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Posted - 07/26/2005 : 09:17:49 AM
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Hello,
I'm asking this question because I'm in a bit of a pickle and wanted the input of other notarys on this issue.
Recently, I was approached by the office manager for the county assessor's office I do independant research at telling me because I recently got my notary and have accepted a few requests for notarizations and told that I had to leave the building in order to do notarizations.
I mentioned to this manager that other independant notaries, as well as notaries from real estate agencies and title companies have their clients come to the office and do notarizations as well.
The manager told me she'd have to look into that and if need be post a signed telling notaries to take it outside.
My question is can the county do this, given the fact that we as notaries are officers of the state government? I mean, it seems to me like it's the county trying to regulate the state.
Please give me feedback on this...
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