| One of profession which is necessary in order for | | | | public there are several fields on which he/she can |
| businesses to successfully deal with clients as far as | | | | lend expertise in order to asses all the documentation |
| documentation and protocol is the notary public | | | | during business deals and legal procedures. A good |
| profession. A notary offers public services after being | | | | example of how they work can be seen in the housing |
| appointed by a state official. This particular position is | | | | (real estate) industry. In order for a loan officer to close |
| very important for businesses and clients as | | | | a deal he/she must have mortgage documents |
| mentioned previously because they offer protection | | | | properly signed by the right person after the notary |
| for business deals which require proper identification of | | | | identifies the borrower (inspecting a state ID, Military ID, |
| both parties and signatures. According to the | | | | current passport or any other legal form of |
| jurisdiction (which varies from state to state), a notary | | | | identification within the state they operate); it is also the |
| is able to acknowledge signatures for sensitive | | | | notary's duty to show all the paperwork which needs |
| material such as affidavits, oaths and can issue lawsuit | | | | to be signed or disclosed to the client. |
| subpoenas; he is then compensated by the state for | | | | During the "signing" process the notary is in charge or |
| his services. | | | | getting, updating and delivering all the documents |
| A notary public applicant, in order to become a notary | | | | necessary in order to validate them, by no means the |
| public, he or she must submit the application which is | | | | presence of a notary makes the documents legal, |
| available at the county clerk office. In this form | | | | meaning that the job of this person is to make sure all |
| applicants must answer questions regarding previous | | | | the signatures and papers are in order, if you signed a |
| notary activities or commissions held, name, address, | | | | contract which you later on decide was no good for |
| age, etc. This very same application includes a couple | | | | you, all the complaints must go directly to the loan |
| of vital sections such as the Bureau of Criminal | | | | officer you dealt with instead of the notary. Besides |
| apprehension and State department of Revenue | | | | real estate they also help notarize legal documents as |
| verification, in other words everything must be clear | | | | described above, so there are many functions which |
| and accounted for. | | | | can be taken care of by a notary. |
| After being approved and becoming an official notary | | | | |