PAN has added a new very cute sign to its offerings for members. It’s Notary ABCs and is available on PAN’s Member Portal. [Read more...]
Notary Disciplinary Actions: November 2011
November 3, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Sixteen notaries from 12 counties were disciplined by the Department of State for offenses involving personal appearance, registers, and other violations against the Pa. Notary Public Law. [Read more...]
Notary 101: No Exception to the Personal Appearance Rule
November 3, 2011 By Leave a Comment
The Department of State is very serious when it comes to notaries demanding the personal appearance of their customers. It’s so serious that officials will strike where it hurts … in notaries’ wallets. [Read more...]
Where Is It Written: The words “Commonwealth of Pennsylvania” should be on a notary’s rubber stamp seal?
November 2, 2011 By Leave a Comment
When the most recent changes to the Notary Public Law took effect on July 1, 2003, notaries were no longer required to use an embossing seal along with the rubber stamp seal on documents. Unless a notary chose to add an embossing seal or a customer requested it, the words “Commonwealth of Pennsylvania,” which were only on the embossing seal, no longer appeared on notarized documents. [Read more...]
Member News: September 2011
September 12, 2011 By Leave a Comment
PAN Member Joins New Law Firm
Cathy Whipple, a legal assistant and notary from Ulster, Pa., has joined the Pringle Law Firm in Towanda, Bradford County. [Read more...]
Notary 101: Notarizing Election Petitions
September 12, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Read a newspaper or watch the local news during an election year and inevitably, you will read or hear about someone notarizing their own election petitions.
In Pennsylvania, every candidate seeking nomination for public office must file a notarized petition indicating the support of the members of his or her political party.
The number of signatures required on nomination petitions depends on the office the candidate is seeking. For example, petitions for Pennsylvania senators need 500 signatures while petitions for Pennsylvania representatives require 300 signatures. [Read more...]
Notary Disciplinary Actions: September 2011
September 12, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Five Pennsylvania notaries have been disciplined by Secretary of the Commonwealth Carol Aichele. [Read more...]
Where is it Written: In the law that the rubber stamp seal should not overlap any text on the document?
September 9, 2011 By Leave a Comment
It is not illegal to place your rubber stamp seal on a document in such a way that the seal impression overlaps text. This requirement arises out of the need to be able to read everything on the document, even if the document has been scanned or copied. [Read more...]
Where Is It Written: That I can only notarize in Pennsylvania?
July 19, 2011 By Leave a Comment
It is written in the last 11 words of Section 148 of the Notary Public Law: 57 P. S. §148. Appointment of notaries. [Read more...]
Notary 101: Take Oaths, Affirmations Seriously
July 17, 2011 By Leave a Comment
An oath is a solemn declaration, usually accompanied by a swearing to God or a supreme being. A pledge that is equivalent to an oath—but without reference to God or a supreme being—is called an affirmation. Black’s Law Dictionary states that “while an oath is sworn to, an affirmation is merely affirmed but either type of pledge may subject the person making it to the penalties for perjury.” [Read more...]
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