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BobbiCT
Connecticut
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 Posted - 12/15/2008 : 09:33:01 AM
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Not odd. "Notary Public" is (or was) a respected ancient Roman title conferred on honest, trustworthy, respected individuals.
With the mass production of the Notary Signing Agent, Notary Loan Closer or Witness Closer, who contracts for services beyond those allowed under their NOTARY PUBLIC commission, the title and public office is mis-used or mis-spoke more often then not.
Notary Public: A public official commissioned by state government to SERVE THE PUBLIC; i.e., in most U.S. States a ministerial official with limited authority, functions and fees as set by State goverment (for example, unique are Puerto Rico & Louisiana). Notaries Public are not public officials who can be paid for shipping and transporting documents to FedEx, UPS or drop boxes or "printing documents"; their Public Official Commission does NOT include these services or fees for them. Printing & shipping are part of the "private independent contractor services" offered in addition to services as a public official.
Trivia: The first Notary Public in the U.S. was in New Haven, CT. Humor: Also the first Notary sent back to England in disgrace.
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Lisa T.
California
391 Posts |
Posted - 12/14/2008 : 9:56:18 PM
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| The thing that gets me is not when customers call us a public notary, but when notaries use the term public notary...or when they say I "do the notary" meaning they notarized someone's signature...yikes! My vote is for the title "notary pubic". |
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jbelmont
California
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Posted - 12/13/2008 : 3:26:42 PM
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The term Public Notary is used a lot by my customers. Is it wrong to use this term? 123notary.com is a notary public directory with over 5000 listings. We get a few incoming searches from the term public notary. Does anyone hear this term much?
The term notary public is odd in that it puts the adjective after the noun. Perhaps this is due to the fact that the profession has a lot of its roots in the Roman Empire which used latin grammar where the adjective comes after the noun. In French they say "Vin du table" for Wine of the table. In English we say table wine.
It looks like notary public never got anglosized as a word grammatically. Should it be public notary, or just notary public, or optional?
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