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	<title>PA Notary Blog</title>
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	<pubDate>Wed, 31 Dec 2008 16:02:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Stolen Seal a Prize for Any Thief</title>
		<link>http://blog.notary.org/2008/12/stolen-seal-a-prize-for-any-thief/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.notary.org/2008/12/stolen-seal-a-prize-for-any-thief/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 31 Dec 2008 16:02:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>pan</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[An unlocked vehicle sitting in a driveway or parking lot is a tempting prize for a thief.

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		<title>Spotting a Forgery</title>
		<link>http://blog.notary.org/2008/12/spotting-a-forgery/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.notary.org/2008/12/spotting-a-forgery/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Dec 2008 14:36:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>pan</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Know-How]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[forgery]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[photo ID card]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[security features]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[validation]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.notary.org/?p=288</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[It's been eight years since the federal government cracked down on Web sites that offered templates for fake drivers' licenses. ]]></description>
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		<title>Philadelphia Changes Deed Recording Requirements</title>
		<link>http://blog.notary.org/2008/11/philadelphia-changes-deed-recording-requirements/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.notary.org/2008/11/philadelphia-changes-deed-recording-requirements/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Nov 2008 16:33:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>pan</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[affidavits]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[council legislation]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[fraud protection]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[fraudulent documents]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[law]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[law enforcement]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[liability]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[mortgage documents]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[mortgage fraud]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[notarize]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[notary]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[notary public]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Pennsylvania]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[philadelphia city hall]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[philadelphia county]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[property owner]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[registered mail]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[submitter]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[submitters]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[title company]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[title insurance companies]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[title insurance company]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.notary.org/?p=251</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Philadelphia Records Commissioner Joan Decker held a meeting on Friday, Oct. 17, in Conversation Hall, Philadelphia City Hall to review the new city council legislation affecting the Records Department that became effective on Nov. 3.

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		<title>Notaries Are Not Collection Agents</title>
		<link>http://blog.notary.org/2008/10/notaries-arent-collection-agents/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.notary.org/2008/10/notaries-arent-collection-agents/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Oct 2008 17:24:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>pan</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Know-How]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[acknowledgment]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[delinquent accounts]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[notaries not collection agents]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[overdue bills]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.notary.org/?p=241</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s not a notary&#8217;s responsibility to act as a collection agent of unpaid or overdue bills for a company or business entity. So placing your notarial seal on a final notice doesn&#8217;t give the document any legal authority. However, if a customer wants a final notice notarized so it can be entered in the public [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Dowd Discusses ID Theft at York Paralegal Meeting</title>
		<link>http://blog.notary.org/2008/10/dowd-discusses-id-theft-at-york-paralegal-meeting/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.notary.org/2008/10/dowd-discusses-id-theft-at-york-paralegal-meeting/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Oct 2008 20:18:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>pan</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[bank statements]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[credit rating]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[estate fraud]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[federal trade commission]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[id theft insurance]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[important information]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[information age]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[notary]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[paralegal association]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[police reports]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[power]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[social security numbers]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[thieves]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.notary.org/?p=198</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Brian Dowd of PAN's Business Development office discussed identity theft at the monthly meeting of the York County Paralegal Association held at the York County Bar Association office.]]></description>
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		<title>Screening Document Signers: A Notarial Dilemma</title>
		<link>http://blog.notary.org/2008/10/screening-document-signers-a-notarial-dilemma/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.notary.org/2008/10/screening-document-signers-a-notarial-dilemma/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Oct 2008 14:56:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>pan</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Know-How]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[capacity]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[competence]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[comprehension]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[interacting with customer]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[notarial procedure]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[testimony]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[transaction]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[witnessing signature]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.notary.org/?p=191</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Notaries provide assurance to the receiver of a notarized document that the signer personally appeared, was properly identified, took an oath or gave an affirmation and signed in the presence of the notary.

The notary's testimony to these facts, in the form of the notary's signature and stamp, authenticates the document and helps prevent fraud. 
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		<title>Enjoa Team to Stop Software Support</title>
		<link>http://blog.notary.org/2008/10/enjoa-team-to-stop-software-support/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.notary.org/2008/10/enjoa-team-to-stop-software-support/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Oct 2008 14:31:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>pan</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[digital signatures]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Enjoa and computer operating system]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Enjoa and displeasure]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Enjoa and software installation]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Stephen H. Wildstrom]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[thumbprint]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.notary.org/?p=183</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The Electronic Notary Journal of Official Acts (Enjoa) made its debut with much fanfare in 2003. Billed as a new system that would broaden the use of digital signatures in the U.S., the $550 hardware-software package allowed notaries to save a digital record of a signature, thumbprint and digital photograph of an individual requesting a notarial act.
]]></description>
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		<title>Motor Vehicle Agent Reminders</title>
		<link>http://blog.notary.org/2008/09/motor-vehicle-agent-reminders/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.notary.org/2008/09/motor-vehicle-agent-reminders/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Sep 2008 13:13:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>pan</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Motor Vehicle]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[messenger service]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[motor vehicle service updates]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[PAN motor vehicle seminars]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[PennDOT contract]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.notary.org/?p=175</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[PennDOT reminds motor vehicle agents and messengers that they must provide an active E-mail account to receive Driver and Vehicle Service Updates.]]></description>
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		<title>Lawsuit Filed Against Atlantic Bonding Co.</title>
		<link>http://blog.notary.org/2008/09/lawsuit-filed-against-atlantic-bonding-co/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.notary.org/2008/09/lawsuit-filed-against-atlantic-bonding-co/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Sep 2008 19:23:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>pan</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Atlantic Bonding Co.]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Bureau of Consumer Protection]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[formal complaint]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[lawsuit]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[notary training materials]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Pa Attorney General Tom Corbett]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Pennsylvania consumers]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Zinman]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.notary.org/?p=159</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Pennsylvania Attorney General Tom Corbett has filed a consumer protection lawsuit against Atlantic Bonding Co., and its owner, Marc C. Zinman, of Pompano Beach, Florida, for selling notary appointment and reappointment packages to Pennsylvania consumers and failing to deliver them. ]]></description>
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		<title>The State of the Notary and the future of Notarization in the U.S.</title>
		<link>http://blog.notary.org/2008/09/the-state-of-the-notary-and-the-future-of-notarization-in-the-us/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.notary.org/2008/09/the-state-of-the-notary-and-the-future-of-notarization-in-the-us/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Sep 2008 13:31:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Marc L. Aronson</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[President's Column]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Electronic Notarization]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[fraud and forgery]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[improper acts]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[National Association of Secretaries of State]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[national conference of commissioners on uniform state]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[notarial acts]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[notary public office]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Secretary of the Commonwealth]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[unauthorized practice of law]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[uniform state laws]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.notary.org/?p=151</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Notary public administrators (NPA) from across the country met recently in Grand Rapids, Mich., for the 10th annual National Association of Secretaries of State (NASS) NPA summer conference.

One of the conference highlights was a panel discussion on the "State of the Notary Public Office and the Future of Notarization in America," with Pedro Cortes, secretary of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and current president of the NASS; Al Jaeger, secretary of state of North Dakota; and Elaine Marshall, secretary of state of North Carolina. Alicia Steward, NPA president served as moderator.]]></description>
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