PAN has opened an afternoon Notary Reappointment Seminar on Wednesday January 29, 2020 for Lancaster notaries. The seminar will be held from 2:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. at the Country Inn and Suites, 2260 Lincoln Hwy E, Lancaster, PA 17602, with sign-in beginning at 1:30 p.m. The cost is $69. To pre-register, please call PAN […]
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Have You Checked Out PAN’s YouTube Channel?
Our YouTube channel has videos to help you as a Pennsylvania notary. Each video focuses on a particular topic and includes these titles: Who needs notary education in Pennsylvania Tutorial on combination weights Information on Real ID How to transfer a Pennsylvania title Notarizing documents with blank spaces Using a credible witness to identify your […]
NC Attorney Disbarred for Notary Fraud
Thanks to The Transylvania Times for publishing this article. https://www.transylvaniatimes.com/story/2019/11/11/news/nc-state-bar-disbars-local-attorney-for-notary-fraud-brevard-nc/42798.html
Montgomery County Power Outage 10-16-19
Montgomery County Power Outage—10/16/19 We have been advised that power is out at One Montgomery Plaza, Norristown due to a blown transformer. All county offices located in this building have been closed. This affects the following offices: The Recorder’s Office is closed. While it appears documents can be submitted for eRecording, they will not be […]
Notary Record Received at Archives
A long-forgotten notarial record dating back to the 1970s-1980s recently came into the possession of the archivist of the Sisters of Charity of Seton Hill in Greensburg. Archivist Casey Bowser contacted PAN to ask what should be done with the record of Sister M. Ellenita O’Connor, S.C., who served as a notary and treasurer of […]
Clearing Up The Confusion
Let’s clear up the confusion about renewing notaries and the notary exam. If you begin the reappointment process at least six months before the end of your current commission, which includes completing the three-hour education requirement and getting your application into the Department of State within six months of your current commission expiration date, you […]
What to Record in Your Pennsylvania Notary Journal
Are you recording the proper entries in your notary journal? This video describes what Pennsylvania notaries should be recording in their Journal.
PAN President Visits the New Notary Hotel
What Happened to Depositions?
Prior to adoption of the Revised Uniform Law on Notarial Acts (RULONA) in Pennsylvania, notaries had the power to take a deposition. Under RULONA, a notary may certify or attest a deposition, but the specific wording that notaries have the power to “take depositions” is not in the law. A deposition is one of the […]
Philly Election Commissioner Loses Notary Commission for Violating Law
City Commissioners Chairwoman Lisa Marie Deeley, who is facing election in the May primary, quietly lost her notary commission last year for failing to check the identification of a woman whose signature she notarized. In doing so, Deeley approved documents that fraudulently deprived a woman of her right to her husband’s death benefits. The husband […]