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Help for Signing Agents
123notary.com has created some new free resource pages for signing agents to help them get paid, and get more out of their listings.
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New RESPA proposition
The HUD released a new RESPA reform proposal which includes a standardized Good Faith Estimate.
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Interest rate cut by 3/4%
The Federal Reserve cut interest rates by a hefty three-quarters of a percentage point Tuesday as an effort to avoid recession. The Federal Reserve also commented economic outlook has deteriorated, suggesting more rate cuts could be on the way
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Top Six States
After some statistical analysis, 123notary has chosen six states on the basis of popularity to be its official states for the quick search on the home page. States will include: California, Florida, Illinois, New Jersey, New York, and Pennsylvania. We have experimented with a few variations of selections and these states will be our permanent choices.
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Incorrect search terms
After researching what search terms people use to look us up, we discovered that notary 123, notary123, and notarypublic are some common mispelled search terms. Please remember that the number comes before the letters in our domain name. So, its 123notary, not notary123.
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Quick Links to States
123notary is new featuring a few states with medium populations of signing agents such as Arizona, and Texas, in addition to California and Florida where we have the majority of our clientelle. In addition, we are featuring a few large cities such as New York, Chicago, and Los Angeles.
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Find a notary page in Spanish
123notary is considering creating a new find a notary page to help Spanish speakers find notaries who speak Spanish. There don't seem to be sites that cater to Spanish speakers to get documents notarized.
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2008 Notary Public Rescission Calendar
Get your free 2008 Notary Public rescission calendar now!
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Notary Public support for primaries
Fellow Californian Notaries: Don't forget: California Presidential Primary Elections will be held Tuesday, February 5th. Show your support and vote.
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Certificate Wording for notarized documents
California Notaries, don't forget: the wording for jurats and acknowledgments have changed for 2008. Effective Jan 1, 2008 The County Recorder will reject all work that uses the old wording on certificates you notarized, so make sure acquire copies of the new forms. You can find them at http://notaryclasses.com/.
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AB 886 (Chapter 399) New Law
This act includes several provisions affecting notaries public: Under the new act, "personally known" to the notary for taking an acknowledgment and executing a jurat is no longer allowed.
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AB 434 ( Chapter 496 ) New law
This act requires a notary public to respond within 15 business days from the receipt of a request by a member of the public
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Regulating Signing Agent Fees
CD&C Business & Legal Form Processing Services, LLC ("CD&C") is currently conducting a survey about notary signing agent's fees. The question is "Do you think notary signing agent's fees should be regulated?"
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Veteran's Day and Recission Dates
We are about to approach another holiday: Veteran's Day.
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California Wildfires
Our hearts and prayers go out to any of California notaries who were affected by the numerous fires throughout California. One notary in Riverside reported that the fires were very close to her home.
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