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Is Getting a Customer Signature Good Practice?

June 9, 2009 by PAN

Ruth Kohler, a PAN customer service representative, now wishes she had gotten a customer’s signature in her register, particularly after she realized the customer is a famous Pittsburgh sports figure. [Read more…] about Is Getting a Customer Signature Good Practice?

Filed Under: General Tagged With: autograph, law, Miroslav Satan, notarial register, Pittsburgh Penguins, register, signature

Philadelphia Changes Deed Recording Requirements

November 4, 2008 by PAN

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. [Read more…] about Philadelphia Changes Deed Recording Requirements

Filed Under: General Tagged With: affidavits, council legislation, fraud protection, fraudulent documents, law, law enforcement, liability, mortgage documents, mortgage fraud, notarize, notary, notary public, Pennsylvania, philadelphia city hall, philadelphia county, property owner, registered mail, submitter, submitters, title company, title insurance companies, title insurance company

PA Disciplines Notaries

August 21, 2008 by PAN

Secretary of the Commonwealth Pedro Corteś and Basil Merenda, commissioner of the Department of State’s Bureau of Professional and Occupational Affairs, have announced disciplinary actions against 14 notaries for March through July 2008. [Read more…] about PA Disciplines Notaries

Filed Under: General Tagged With: commission, Education, false application, fraudulent documents, guilty pleas, law, legal, mistake, notarial register, notary, notary education, notary fees, notary law, notary public, notary seal, power, register, theft by deception

Legislature Studies URPERA Proposal in Pennsylvania

August 7, 2008 by PAN

The Pennsylvania House of Representatives is studying a proposal to adopt the Uniform Real Property Electronic Recording Act (URPERA). [Read more…] about Legislature Studies URPERA Proposal in Pennsylvania

Filed Under: General Tagged With: electronic documents, electronic signatures, electronic transactions, law, legal, national conference of commissioners on uniform state l, notaries, signature, technological standards, uniform law commission, uniform standards, uniform state laws

What You Can and Cannot Do as a Notary

July 1, 2008 by PAN

Knowing the limitations of your power as a notary is just as important as knowing the Notary Public Law. Here are some circumstances in which your authority to notarize is limited or prohibited. [Read more…] about What You Can and Cannot Do as a Notary

Filed Under: Know-How Tagged With: law, notarial commission, notario publico, notarize, notary, signature

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