Wednesday, September 3, 2008

New Procedures for Allegheny County

Notary Registration-Important Notice Effective September 1, 2008. Beginning September 1, 2008, all newly appointed and reappointed notaries will go to the Allegheny County Department of Real Estate, 101 County Office Building, for all notary processing including commission, bond, oath of office, name/address change, relocation registration and registration of signature card. The Department of Court Records will continue to certify notary signatures.

The new fee structure is as follows.

Notary Public Registration (includes commission, bond, oath and signature registration)
$38.00 (As of 09/01/08) $60.00

Notary Name/Address Change $15.00
Notary Signature Registration $20.00



Effective September 1, 2008, if you are a notary moving to Allegheny County, you must register your signature with the Department of Real Estate, 101 County Office building, 542 Forbes Avenue, Pittsburgh PA 15219. You will no longer register your signature in the Department of Court Records, formerly known as the Allegheny County Prothonotary’s Office and Allegheny County Clerk of Courts Office.

Feedback!

Since this "credit crunch" I have seen more experienced Signing Agents close up shop. Why? Because there is not a lot of "extra" work available. Most in-house settlement agents here do their closings at night in the customers home or in office to save a few bucks. So when they do need a Signing Agent they have the bottom of the barrel left. Hence errors that makes us all look bad. So, my question is this. Have you lost your witness closer to the times? Or have you maintain business enough for them to hang on? And as an instructor I would like to know what you want from your witness closer. Where do you see the most errors either in practice or judgement being committed?

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