"A Quick Note"

  Here are some quotes from recent ("A Quick Note") posts you might have missed: On integrity.... I made up my mind, long before entering this line of work, that my work had to represent integrity. In order to do anything well, you have to be able to sleep at night. The hardest challenge a Notary...

Previously posted elsewhere by "A Quick Note"         Remember when it wasn't a crime to make a profit?....when someone found a recipe for success, you would strive to emulate that behavior so as to have a duplicate result? Better yet, you'd do it better than the other guy, thus raising the bar a...

Adventures of a Notary Signing Agent...Previously posted elsewhere by "A Quick Note" OK, so I arrive at a very modest, older (vintage 1950's) house after dark and the house is dimly lit. I remember I'd just gotten a new prescription for my glasses and my eyes were adjusting to them... Anyways, th...

  Some days lately, it feels like I'm driving an RV from signing to signing.  Especially with gasoline prices for regular unleaded now approaching $4.00 a gallon.  In 2004, I bought a brand new mini Cooper "S"...  I highly recomend this car...it is the most fun you'll ever have behind the wheel o...

Modified from a post made elsewhere by "A Quick Note"DON'T GET CAUGHT UP IN THE DETAILS HERE FOLKS....YOUR STATE (OR YOUR BELIEFS ABOUT CORRECT PROCEDURE) MAY BE DIFFERENT. TRY TO SOAK IN THE BIGGER MESSAGE.....We have all been approached by the last minute Loan Officer, Mortgage Broker or even t...

     I'm a service provider.  Nothing makes me happier than to help a client with their notary needs and to help complete their business documents.  I get frustrated when, like today for example, I receive incomplete documents with blanks.  I kindly instruct my client that the document must be co...

Oops! Are your credentials showing?Modified from a previous post made elsewhere by "A Quick Note"      I recognize that there is a vast difference in the goals, aspirations, education, training and especially the abilities of the professionals who visit this and other similar sites. This seems to...

Excerpts from: Amendments and New Laws Effective January 1, 2008 [Notary Handbook-California Secretary of State]           The certificate of acknowledgment now is executed under penalty of perjury (Civil Code section 1189)           In addition to the background check by the Department of Justic...

Previously posted elsewhere by "A Quick Note" on May 11, 2007 Hey! CA Notaries: Did you administer your oath today?8214.1. The Secretary of State may refuse to appoint any person asnotary public or may revoke or suspend the commission of any notarypublic upon any of the following grounds:...........

Originally posted elsewhere by "A Quick Note" on April 15, 2007 As a notary signing agent, we are also master-planners. We take phone calls, set appointments, pick-up and deliver documents, catch FEDEX and UPS trucks, navigate traffic situations while printing docs, while waiting for that fax fro...