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Volunteer Your Notary Services Through PAN’s Volunteer Connection

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If you’ve thought about using your notary skills to help others, we’ve got just the program for you.  PAN’s Volunteer Connection (PVC) is a pipeline to community organizations in search of volunteers to assist individuals requiring notary services.  Since 2017, PVC has had 356 notaries throughout Pennsylvania join the program. These notaries are willing to […]

Afternoon Lancaster Notary Reappointment Seminar

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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 […]

Have You Checked Out PAN’s YouTube Channel?

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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 […]