Posted: 6/13/2005 12:05:18 PM EDT
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My place of work(University) is to hold a two hour workshop for those interested in becoming Notary Publics. Okay I have some vague ideas as to what they do, namely witness signatures on documents. Is anyone here a Notary Public? What do you do exactly and how much do you earn? thanks |
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I hear notary publics get all the chicks! Seriously, I don't think NP's get a lot of money. Not like there's a demand for a walk-up store for NP services. Most times I've seen them they've just been someone in an office or a bank and they get their work from word of mouth..."Eh, bob in accounting is a notary public...why don't you see him"...that kind of thing. |
| There is probably a statutory maximum fee. In addition to witrnessing and certifying/authenticating documents, you can marry people and administer oaths for any purpose (like affidavits). It is a very, very handy thing to have. I am not one myself, but if two people are looking for me to hire them, the notary is usually the one I hire. |
| Out here in Calif. some notaries travel to clients to perform the service. My wife needed her aunt to sign some real estate papers and had a guy show up to do it as auntie doesn't travel well. Think he charged $20 or so. Normally businesses have people in the office that are notaries, especially law and real estate and there's no obvious charge....but nuthin's really FREE. |
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In Texas, Notaries basically attest to a sworn signature on a document. There usually isn't any money involved. Your local PD or SO, and most banks, typically have notaries available who will notarize documents for free. Judges and court clerks are "automatically" able to attest to a sworn signature on a document by the fact that they hold that particular appointed/elected office. I typically go to the Police Records office to get my CMP forms notarized every time I buy an M1. You cannot notarize anything YOU signed, though (Tampering With a Government Record, which is a Felony). We used to have more need for notaries at our Texas LE agency, but they changed the law a couple of sessions back, and any Peace Officer can sign off on a sworn document related to law enforcement purposes now, as opposed to hunting down the Sergeant, who was usually a Notary for that exact reason. That means that cops can swear out arrest affidavits and citations to other cops, and take sworn statements from witnesses (a sworn statement can usually be admitted to trial, even if the witness is no longer available or decides not to testify, which can be helpful). |