Since the onset of the pandemic, getting appointed has been confusing if not inconvenient for many notaries. In order to avoid further confusion, let’s revisit the appointment process in these COVID-19 times. [Read more…] about The Appointment Process Revisited
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Afternoon Notary Reappointment Seminars Scheduled in February
If you need to obtain notary education to renew your commission, PAN has some afternoon notary reappointment seminars (2 p.m. to 5 p.m.) available in February.
Butler – Holiday Inn – Feb. 6
Youngwood – Westmoreland County Community College – Feb. 13
Erie – Courtyard by Marriott – Feb. 27
Reading – Hampton Inn – Feb. 27
The cost for a seminar is $69. To pre-register, visit our Web site at www.notary.org/Education or call our Customer Service Department at 1-800-944-8790.
Notary Seminars Scheduled for Lancaster County This Month
PITTSBURGH—(PAN) Pennsylvania Association of Notaries (www.notary.org) will hold several educational seminars this month for Lancaster County area notaries.
PAN’s First Time Notary Seminar (9 a.m. to noon) is state-approved and fulfills the three-hour mandatory education provision for new notaries. The Everyday Notary Challenges Seminar (1 p.m. to 4 p.m.) is offered in conjunction with the First Time Notary Seminar. The cost is $64 per seminar.
Notary Reappointment Seminar (9 a.m. to noon) fulfills the state’s educational requirement for reappointed notaries. It covers all the new aspects of the Revised Uniform Law on Notarial Acts (RULONA), which becomes effective on October 26, 2017, including the notary appointment process, identifying your customers, changes in notary equipment, and the new notary act – witnessing or attesting a signature.
The cost for the seminar is $64.
The seminars will be held at the Country Inn & Suites by Carlson, 2260 Lincoln Highway East, Lancaster, on the following dates:
First Time Notary Seminar and Everyday Notary Challenges Seminar – June 27.
Notary Reappointment Seminar – June 28.
Pre-registration is recommended.
About the Pennsylvania Association of Notaries (PAN) – We are a membership-based notary organization specializing in state-approved notary and motor vehicle education and offering step-by-step guidance on how to become a notary and renewing your notary commission in Pennsylvania. The Association’s customer service representatives answer over 200 questions a day from Pennsylvania notaries.
For more information call PAN at 800-944-8790 or visit the Web site at: www.notary.org.
You are not a notary unless you are sworn in
One of the top reasons notaries get in trouble with the Department of State is that they did not complete the commissioning process of getting sworn in at their respective county recorder of deeds office. Subsequently, they were fined, had their commissions suspended and were ordered to take a six-hour notary education course. If they notarized documents before getting sworn into office, they were, in effect, impersonating a notary. [Read more…] about You are not a notary unless you are sworn in
Notary Education Seminars Scheduled for Mercer County
PITTSBURGH—(PAN) Pennsylvania Association of Notaries (www.notary.org) will hold several educational seminars this month for Mercer County notaries. [Read more…] about Notary Education Seminars Scheduled for Mercer County
Thinking about notary education? Think PAN’s private education
If your company is budgeting for this year’s education expenses, consider PAN’s private education seminars. Our instructors will travel to your on-site location to provide mandatory notary and motor vehicle education. Go to www.notary.org or call 1-800-944-8790, Ext. 114 or Ext. 145 for more information.