This has been the best presentation ever. I am new and this has been explained clearly and concise, the most simplest teaching. Thank You so much!!!

I am extremely impressed by Kathleen's knowledge and I enjoyed her presentation. I subscribed and will mark as a favorite as I will definitely be coming back to this periodically as a refresher.

Kathleen Butler, American Society of Notaries, has done an excellent job covering this material. I'm a Notary for the State of Alabama and benefited from watching/hearing her presentation. She has a way of taking complex, unfamiliar legal terms and explaining them in a way that makes it easy for a lay person to understand. Great job, Kathleen!

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Very helpful video. Thank you.

I am planning to become a notary when I retire. This training was more than helpful in understanding the responsibilities and pitfalls of being a notary.

This is sooo good. Thank you so much.

Enjoyed the presentation. Very informative and worth watching.

That’s awesome they provide help!

21:10-51:06- Authorized Duties 51:32- Steps in Notarial acts

Thank you for the Nuts and Bolts of Performing Notary Acts, I think I need to watch this a few times as not to make the mistakes that can happen because of not taking the time to look at everything written on the document (s).

Thank you. Great information. I’m in Alabama on my first commissioning.

What about affidavits?

I found this information to be extremely helpful, even though I am a notary in Michigan. Thank you

gonna have to rewatch

Thanks for posting the videos on this page. Many are very helpful. @36:11 ~ I don’t like how she skipped over how the notarial certificate wording sometimes needs to include how a signer was identified, which probably just means saying they were identified by “satisfactory evidence“. She skipped over it so quickly that I bet a lot of people didn’t hear it, and even if he did hear it why not still covered in this video?

Where can we get these charts?

@17:54 ~ I’m disappointed in the Guest speaker that she’s positively affirming Texas law about not entering someone’s drivers license number or thumbprint in the notary journal. So a notary public is supposed to be on the front line of defense against fraud but they can’t even be trusted to record a drivers license number? So notary has to take on the liability of being sued by someone if they bought a fake ID and committed fraud, but a notary can’t protect themselves by recording a drivers license number, a thumbprint, or even requiring the signer to actually also sign the journal (@1:13:29)?! When people go to a pharmacy they record all your information in their system by scanning the back of your identification. Same thing happens when you go to many popular bars. But a notary public can’t be trusted enough? I just have a problem with Texas law but I also have a problem with this guest speaker showing favoritism to a Law like this when I see no real reason to do so. In many states actually require you to have the sign or sign the journal. Most every state allows you to collect a thumbprint. California even requires a thumbprint on high-risk transactions like transferring ownership of a property or a power of attorney. Someone come in to a notary‘s office with a fake ID which can be bought for $100 online. Check it out. They are superb identifications. So they can come into the notary public office, get a transfer of property, have a will notarized, or a power of attorney notarized, and then leave without any information recorded about themselves. I would even say the person doesn’t have to give you the address off of their identification they just have to tell you an address to write down. Of course the address after identification could be fake just like the identification itself. Then a few years later when the crap hits the fan, people sue you. They see you as the notary, they sue the company that you work for, they could take your house if you own it, they can garnish your wages, etc. And what do you have to prove that you did your due diligence? You have a journal which you could have lied in. You don’t even have a measly signature. I’m writing this because I’m hoping the legislator and Secretary of State can put some more thought into this and figure out that a thumbprint and a signature I needed, not something bad. And writing down the drivers license number would help to prove that the person who signed it really is the person who signed it, as long as it’s not a fake ID.

Thanks

Really helpful information definitely worth the time

Thank you for this informative and well illustrated video. Are there videos like this for the state of Massachusetts? Where could I find them? I like the breakdown of cards and charts. Thx.