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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

Notary Association First to Offer Signing Agent Insurance

May 20, 2008 by PAN

The Pennsylvania Association of Notaries (PAN) is the first state association to offer Signing Agent Errors and Omissions (E&O) Insurance. PAN teamed with a major “A” rated national insurance company to develop and now provide this unique product. [Read more…] about Notary Association First to Offer Signing Agent Insurance

Filed Under: Bonds & Insurance, Signing Agent Tagged With: agent insurance, E. R. Munro and Company, errors and omissions, insurance, lawsuit, mistake, mortgage industry, Pennsylvania, pennsylvania association of notaries, Signing Agent, Tod Aronson

What Do You Do if Your Commission Expires?

January 1, 2008 by PAN

Patricia Lint made many mistakes in her more than 40 years as a notary.

Those mistakes cost the western Pennsylvania woman her freedom. In 2006, police discovered her notary commission had expired and her seal had been confiscated by the Department of State. Yet she continued to pass herself off as a commissioned Pennsylvania notary, going so far as to use notary seals from other people.

Lint was sentenced to one to two years in prison. [Read more…] about What Do You Do if Your Commission Expires?

Filed Under: Know-How Tagged With: commission, mistake, notary commission, tips

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