By the Pennsylvania Association of Notaries
My comment is concerning the article about non-English speaking notaries (Montgomery County Sees Increase in Foreign-Language Speaking Notaries, Notary Notes May/June 2011). I do not believe Pennsylvania should allow persons to be commissioned as notaries if they are not fluent in the English language. [Read more...]
PAN’s online notary course, PANcourse Online, has been approved for CLE credit for attorneys.
Attorneys who wish to earn three CLE credits for taking PANcourse Online simply add $15 to the cost of the course ($99) for a total of $114. [Read more...]
Secretary of the Commonwealth Carol Aichele announced disciplinary actions taken in March and April against eight notaries in six counties. [Read more...]
In Section 165, the Pennsylvania Notary Public Law prohibits a notary from acting as a notary in any transaction in which he or she has a direct or pecuniary (that is, financial) interest. [57 P.S. §165(e)] [Read more...]
A Philadelphia notary accused of property fraud has been ordered to pay what could be the largest fine levied against a notary by the state.
In March, the Department of State assessed a civil penalty of $11,500 against Ivan H. Delgado who was accused of 23 separate instances where he failed to properly identify the persons appearing before him. [Read more...]
The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) issued two “Special Edition” Driver and Vehicle Services (DVS) Update Bulletins in June 2011.
PennDOT is developing an electronic vehicle information system to input, track and validate in-transit tags. Deployment of the system is targeted for October 2011.
After deployment of the system, manual issuance of in-transit tags will no longer be permitted. PennDOT contracted agents who wish to continue to issue in-transit tags will be required to participate in one of PennDOT’s on-line programs to use the electronic tracking system:
It is legal for a vehicle to be operated on a pink slip, if the registration plate is expired, provided the registration renewal fee was listed on the pink slip and the pink slip is still valid (within 90 days of the transfer).
The registration fee paid to renew the expired plate must be listed in Section I of Form MV-1 – Application for Certificate of Title or Form MV-4ST – Vehicle Sales and Use Tax Return/Application for Registration, or the authorized agent must certify that the renewal fee was collected in Section C of Form MV-120 – Temporary Cardboard In-Transit Registration Plate Card or Temporary Registration Transfer Card.
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