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Fidelity National Financial - Irving, TX - Scott Perry/PA
9/19/2007 4:16:56 PM (2949 views)
Re: Fidelity National Financial - Irving, TX - Angela Swafford/FL
9/24/2007 7:43:12 AM (3536 views)

Email from India - Kevin Ahern/CT
9/18/2007 5:31:40 AM (2843 views)
Re: Email from India - Kim Cowles/WI
9/18/2007 8:08:11 AM (3542 views)
Re: Email from India - Jay Duncan/MO
9/18/2007 8:50:24 AM (3664 views)
Re: Email from India - Kevin Ahern/CT
9/18/2007 12:11:11 PM (3149 views)
Re: Email from India - Jay Duncan/MO
9/18/2007 1:12:41 PM (3038 views)
Re: Email from India - Kevin Ahern/CT
9/18/2007 1:27:27 PM (3151 views)
Re: Email from India - Ron McPherson/IA
9/18/2007 9:51:55 AM (3135 views)
Re: Email from India - Kevin Ahern/CT
9/18/2007 5:14:01 PM (3228 views)
Re: Email from India - Scott Perry/PA
9/18/2007 6:43:38 PM (2999 views)
Re: Email from India - Kevin Ahern/CT
9/18/2007 6:51:47 PM (3221 views)

the N symbol - Ron McPherson/IA
9/18/2007 12:57:11 AM (2763 views)
Re: the N symbol - Robert Franco/OH
9/18/2007 9:06:46 AM (5050 views)
Re: the N symbol - Ron McPherson/IA
9/18/2007 9:39:34 AM (3372 views)

ESS Solutions, LLC - Russ Frye/GA
9/17/2007 11:20:32 PM (2968 views)
Re: ESS Solutions, LLC - Ron McPherson/IA
9/18/2007 12:31:30 AM (3776 views)
Re: ESS Solutions, LLC - J Nisonger/CA
9/18/2007 12:43:05 AM (3776 views)
Re: ESS Solutions, LLC - Russ Frye/GA
9/19/2007 10:38:52 AM (3445 views)
Re: ESS Solutions, LLC - J Nisonger/CA
9/19/2007 4:03:39 PM (3471 views)
Re: ESS Solutions, LLC - Carol Walker/AZ
9/19/2007 9:14:57 PM (3475 views)
Re: ESS Solutions, LLC - Lisa/MD
9/20/2007 9:34:59 AM (3462 views)
Re: ESS Solutions, LLC - Jessica Talley/NJ
9/20/2007 8:18:11 PM (3643 views)
Re: ESS Solutions, LLC - Janis Talbot/SC
9/24/2007 6:32:28 AM (3651 views)
Re: ESS Solutions, LLC - J Nisonger/CA
9/21/2007 12:10:16 AM (3511 views)

Central Lending Services - Jon Lax/RI
9/17/2007 5:05:26 PM (2400 views)




Jessica Talley - SHARON YAHRAES/ID
9/17/2007 2:13:56 PM (2963 views)
Re: Jessica Talley - Jessica Talley/NJ
9/17/2007 8:10:20 PM (3714 views)

Tax assessments in PA - Nathan Miller/KY
9/17/2007 11:12:38 AM (2683 views)
Re: Tax assessments in PA - Jason Sheppard/PA
9/17/2007 12:29:18 PM (3341 views)
Re: Tax assessments in PA - Robert Franco/OH
9/17/2007 12:40:55 PM (3262 views)
Re: Tax assessments in PA - Christine Sheeler/PA
9/17/2007 2:59:47 PM (3414 views)
Re: Tax assessments in PA - Jason Sheppard/PA
9/17/2007 3:39:25 PM (3357 views)
Re: Tax assessments in PA - Scott Perry/PA
9/17/2007 5:08:37 PM (3183 views)
Re: Tax assessments in PA - Michele Jorgensen/TX
9/24/2007 10:50:43 AM (3577 views)
Re: Tax assessments in PA - Scott Perry/PA
9/24/2007 5:24:00 PM (3384 views)

Separation of Banks, Mortgage Companies and Title Companies - Jay Duncan/MO
9/16/2007 9:37:06 PM (2657 views)
Re: Separation of Banks, Mortgage Companies and Title Companies - David Robertson/VA
9/25/2007 5:34:42 PM (3247 views)

IS WHAT THIS NOTARY DID LEGAL?? - KATHY NEWTON/NC
9/16/2007 7:34:38 PM (2602 views)
Re: IS WHAT THIS NOTARY DID LEGAL?? - Jay Duncan/MO
9/16/2007 7:53:28 PM (3395 views)
Re: IS WHAT THIS NOTARY DID LEGAL?? - Kevin Ahern/CT
9/17/2007 6:37:31 AM (3251 views)

Her position as treasurer/secretary/director of the corporation makes her an employee of the corporation, but not an owner of the corporation. She would have to be a shareholder of the corporation in order to own an interest in it.

Whether she was an interested third party to the transaction and thereby transgressed the law would depend upon the law of the state in which she was commissioned as a notary. Generally, I would prefer to have someone totally unassociated with the parties to the transaction to perform the notarial act. However, it is my understanding that it is a common practice to have corporate notaries notarize the signatures of other employees on documents.

In Connecticut it is not unusual for a law firm to have one of its secretaries or paralegals commissioned as a notary to notarize the signature of an attorney on court pleadings (i.e. affidavits.). As employees of the law firm representing one of the parties to the litigation they are not disinterested third persons. The last time I refied my house (three years ago) the notary that took my acknowledgment on the mortgage worked for the law firm that represented the bank. When an attorney takes a deposition of the opposing party he has to hire a court reporter to type the questions and answers into a transcript. The court reporter is a notary who is empowered to administer oaths and certify the transcript, but he/she is a part time agent (independent contractor but still an agent) of the law firm that hired him/her for a limited purpose.

The requirement for a notarized signature for documents involving land transactions is generally a requirement of the recording statutes in Connecticut. If there is a problem with the notarization that impacts on the recording of the document, it is my understanding that the document is binding as to the signatories to the document. However, it may not be binding on third parties to the transaction that would normally rely on the recording (i.e. priority of claim in a foreclosure). 

The best source for an answer to your question would be the state agency that commissions its notaries. In most states that would be the Secretary  of State.

 

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Re: IS WHAT THIS NOTARY DID LEGAL?? - Ronald Brasier/MI
9/19/2007 9:26:47 AM (3332 views)
Re: IS WHAT THIS NOTARY DID LEGAL?? - KELLY ROBERTSON/CA
9/24/2007 7:42:55 AM (5468 views)
Re: IS WHAT THIS NOTARY DID LEGAL?? - Timothy Gatewood/TN
9/26/2007 11:16:49 AM (4961 views)

Is your title shop using a trusted notary? - Jay Duncan/MO
9/14/2007 4:49:41 PM (4437 views)
Re: Is your title shop using a trusted notary? - Ron McPherson/IA
9/14/2007 11:02:46 PM (3033 views)

Advantage Equity, Pennsylvania - Wendi See/SC
9/14/2007 3:25:40 PM (2242 views)

Express Financial Services - Loretta Reed/MD
9/14/2007 12:30:22 PM (2837 views)
Re: Express Financial Services - Anita Backlund/MN
9/14/2007 1:10:21 PM (3365 views)
Re: Express Financial Services - Jason Sheppard/PA
9/17/2007 9:59:30 AM (4931 views)
Re: Express Financial Services - marilyn snyder/FL
9/17/2007 12:46:09 PM (3229 views)
Re: Express Financial Services - Loretta Reed/MD
9/17/2007 1:29:14 PM (3264 views)
Re: Express Financial Services - Jason Sheppard/PA
9/17/2007 3:44:04 PM (3244 views)
Re: Express Financial Services - Susan Parker/TN
9/24/2007 10:28:38 AM (3136 views)
Re: Express Financial Services - Loretta Reed/MD
9/24/2007 10:55:11 AM (3264 views)
Re: Express Financial Services - Jason Sheppard/PA
10/1/2007 4:21:16 PM (3228 views)

One Lawyer You Have to Love! - J Nisonger/CA
9/14/2007 11:47:54 AM (2547 views)
Re: One Lawyer You Have to Love! - Constance Foye/VA
9/14/2007 11:57:48 AM (3114 views)
Re: One Lawyer You Have to Love! - Anita Backlund/MN
9/14/2007 12:17:08 PM (3082 views)
Re: One Lawyer You Have to Love! - David Chisolm/MS
9/14/2007 3:28:34 PM (3116 views)
Re: One Lawyer You Have to Love! - Scott Perry/PA
9/14/2007 3:51:13 PM (3132 views)
Re: One Lawyer You Have to Love! - Timothy Gatewood/TN
9/26/2007 11:27:02 AM (4918 views)
Re: One Lawyer You Have to Love! - Ron McPherson/IA
9/14/2007 11:12:33 PM (3024 views)

LSI joins 1st American's Procedures - Anita Backlund/MN
9/13/2007 11:34:40 AM (3068 views)
Re: LSI joins 1st American's Procedures - Robert Franco/OH
9/13/2007 2:16:32 PM (3301 views)
Re: LSI joins 1st American's Procedures - Janis Talbot/SC
9/17/2007 8:57:04 AM (3081 views)
Re: LSI joins 1st American's Procedures - David Chisolm/MS
9/18/2007 8:01:26 PM (3248 views)
Re: LSI joins 1st American's Procedures - Scott Perry/PA
9/18/2007 10:29:16 PM (3166 views)
Re: LSI joins 1st American's Procedures - David Chisolm/MS
9/19/2007 12:19:16 AM (3123 views)
Re: LSI joins 1st American's Procedures - David Chisolm/MS
9/18/2007 8:12:52 PM (3195 views)
Re: LSI joins 1st American's Procedures - David Chisolm/MS
9/18/2007 8:13:51 PM (3118 views)
Re: LSI joins 1st American's Procedures - Lisa Dahlquist/NC
9/20/2007 7:32:57 AM (3187 views)
Re: LSI joins 1st American's Procedures - Wendi See/SC
9/21/2007 11:49:13 AM (3171 views)
Re: LSI joins 1st American's Procedures - Kevin Ahern/CT
9/21/2007 4:11:38 PM (3050 views)
Re: LSI joins 1st American's Procedures - Wendi See/SC
9/21/2007 7:58:10 PM (3126 views)
Re: LSI joins 1st American's Procedures - Paul Richards/UT
9/19/2007 1:19:30 AM (3235 views)

Teaching Offshore Outsource To Title Search - Jill Kissell/IA
9/13/2007 11:23:32 AM (2731 views)
Re: Teaching Offshore Outsource To Title Search - Robert Franco/OH
9/13/2007 2:19:51 PM (3110 views)
Re: Teaching Offshore Outsource To Title Search - James Mohrmann/VA
9/19/2007 10:36:15 AM (3273 views)


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