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Grow Your Career By Being a Certified Mobile Notary Public

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by: Gail Leino
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Date: Tue, 21 Feb 2012 Time: 9:05 AM

A business that provides multiple notary public services for clients can be a financial asset to that and other businesses. There are numerous reasons why a California business should become certified as a mobile Notary Public. Having valuable services such as a traveling notary will be a great addition to most businesses and help them grow a great deal.

Eventhough they are not required to charge for thie services, the maximum fees that can be charged for a California public notary are listed below.

Acknowledgement - $10 (for each signature notarized) Jurat - $10 (including the oath or affirmation) Certified Copy of Power of Attorney - $10 Deposition - $20 (plus $5 for administering an oath to a witness and $5 for completing the certificate on the deposition.) Oath and Affirmation - $10 Proof of Execution by Subscribing Witness - $10 (for each signature) Immigration Papers - $10 per set Copy of Journal Entry - 30¢ Protest - $10 (plus $5 for serving notice of nonpayment or non-acceptance, and $5 for recording) Verification of any nomination document or circulator's affidavit having to do with a public election (Elections Code § 8080) - $0 Application or claim for pension, allotment, allowance, compensation, insurance or other veteran's benefit on behalf of a US military veteran (Government Code § 6107) - $0

According to the Government code 6107 a public notary may not issue a charge for the following notary public acts.

Recording, indexing, or issuing certified copies of any discharge, certificate of service, certificate of satisfactory service, notice of separation, or report of separation of any member of the Armed Forces of the United States.

Furnishing a certified copy of, or searching for, any public record that is to be used in an application or claim for a pension, allotment, allowance, compensation, insurance (including automatic insurance), or any other benefits under any act of Congress for service in the Armed Forces of the United States or under any law of this state relating to veterans' benefits.

Keeping a record of all notaries in a California State-approved notary journal encourages good notary practices. Public employee notaries may be required to charge a fee and remit the fee to the agency worked for.

Notaries for private employers, employer pay for bond and notary supplies, agreement with the employer to remit all fees collected to the employer. Government Code 8202.7. Travel fees are separate from notary fees, and that fact must be disclosed to the signer. It is up to the signer and the mobile notary to decide on a fair price for travel fees. Charging more than the prescribed fees can result in your commission being suspended or revoked, as well as civil penalties.

California businesses looking to add an additional service to their business can easily become certified as a notary public in their local area and offer a quality service.

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Notary Public comes to your location to sign legal documents: Trusts, Power of Attorney, Health Care Directive, Deeds, etc. Save gas and time; mobile notary public to you. Call 1-800-aNotary (800) 266-8279 for 24 emergency service covering La Verne Califonia including La Verne notary public service.


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