Maureen Lazar's (firstchoicemobilenotary) Blog

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   Well The beginning of May for loan signing was pretty good. The end sure has come to a screeching halt. The lowest rate that I was the Signing Agent was for 4.75 fixed 30 years. I was sure happy for this woman. She did pay a 350 lock fee but would be worth it for her, dropping   6.5 int. rate....

Have any of my fellow Notary's been contacted to Notarize for a driving school test. My interpretation would be that they do not need to perform the test in front of us, only sign. When they are signing they are signing under oath that they are the ones that took the test. I did notarize a signat...

So... I accepted a signing and it was for seller docs. I told my family that I would be back very soon just app. 35 pages. When I arrived at the home I was very surprised when I met the woman that I was meeting with. I knew by looks that she was elderly but... when I looked at her ID born in 1907...

I have been a Mobile Notary for 2.5 yrs. In 2007 drove app. 15,000 miles. (Work related) My main income is of course witnessing the signing of loan documents. Called a Signing Agent. I think that many people do not know the terms/duties of a Notary Public.   A Notary Public is a commissioned publ...

            Hello... Well I wanted to compare rates for Errors & Omissions insurance. So I googled to get some rates. I am needing to add 1 year of 100,000.00. So I know the price with the NNA. 156.00 per year.             I checked my email the next day and was surprised at what I found out. Tha...

So do all California Notaries know about the new laws for California Notaries??? There are of course some obvious ones such as the new required wording for all Acknowledgments, Copy Certifications and Jurat wording but… there are others. Here are  five that were instructed in a class I recently t...

DIVERSIFY>>>> when the market is slow make sure that you have diversified. Go to Senior centers,doctor offices, local construction companies, leave your business cards. Do not only sign up with respected Signing Services. Sign up on the internet with other Notary sites. I do not advertise in the ...