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Fidelity National Financial - Irving, TX - Scott Perry/PA
9/19/2007 4:16:56 PM (3056 views)
Re: Fidelity National Financial - Irving, TX - Angela Swafford/FL
9/24/2007 7:43:12 AM (3983 views)

Email from India - Kevin Ahern/CT
9/18/2007 5:31:40 AM (2969 views)
Re: Email from India - Kim Cowles/WI
9/18/2007 8:08:11 AM (4015 views)
Re: Email from India - Jay Duncan/MO
9/18/2007 8:50:24 AM (4127 views)
Re: Email from India - Kevin Ahern/CT
9/18/2007 12:11:11 PM (3627 views)
Re: Email from India - Jay Duncan/MO
9/18/2007 1:12:41 PM (3561 views)
Re: Email from India - Kevin Ahern/CT
9/18/2007 1:27:27 PM (3588 views)
Re: Email from India - Ron McPherson/IA
9/18/2007 9:51:55 AM (3605 views)
Re: Email from India - Kevin Ahern/CT
9/18/2007 5:14:01 PM (3669 views)
Re: Email from India - Scott Perry/PA
9/18/2007 6:43:38 PM (3464 views)
Re: Email from India - Kevin Ahern/CT
9/18/2007 6:51:47 PM (3655 views)

the N symbol - Ron McPherson/IA
9/18/2007 12:57:11 AM (2857 views)
Re: the N symbol - Robert Franco/OH
9/18/2007 9:06:46 AM (5527 views)
Re: the N symbol - Ron McPherson/IA
9/18/2007 9:39:34 AM (3824 views)

ESS Solutions, LLC - Russ Frye/GA
9/17/2007 11:20:32 PM (3067 views)
Re: ESS Solutions, LLC - Ron McPherson/IA
9/18/2007 12:31:30 AM (4224 views)
Re: ESS Solutions, LLC - J Nisonger/CA
9/18/2007 12:43:05 AM (4221 views)
Re: ESS Solutions, LLC - Russ Frye/GA
9/19/2007 10:38:52 AM (3914 views)
Re: ESS Solutions, LLC - J Nisonger/CA
9/19/2007 4:03:39 PM (3902 views)
Re: ESS Solutions, LLC - Carol Walker/AZ
9/19/2007 9:14:57 PM (3913 views)
Re: ESS Solutions, LLC - Lisa/MD
9/20/2007 9:34:59 AM (3903 views)
Re: ESS Solutions, LLC - Jessica Talley/NJ
9/20/2007 8:18:11 PM (4083 views)
Re: ESS Solutions, LLC - Janis Talbot/SC
9/24/2007 6:32:28 AM (4112 views)
Re: ESS Solutions, LLC - J Nisonger/CA
9/21/2007 12:10:16 AM (3949 views)

Central Lending Services - Jon Lax/RI
9/17/2007 5:05:26 PM (2482 views)




Jessica Talley - SHARON YAHRAES/ID
9/17/2007 2:13:56 PM (3062 views)
Re: Jessica Talley - Jessica Talley/NJ
9/17/2007 8:10:20 PM (4156 views)

Tax assessments in PA - Nathan Miller/KY
9/17/2007 11:12:38 AM (2823 views)
Re: Tax assessments in PA - Jason Sheppard/PA
9/17/2007 12:29:18 PM (3786 views)
Re: Tax assessments in PA - Robert Franco/OH
9/17/2007 12:40:55 PM (3730 views)
Re: Tax assessments in PA - Christine Sheeler/PA
9/17/2007 2:59:47 PM (3837 views)
Re: Tax assessments in PA - Jason Sheppard/PA
9/17/2007 3:39:25 PM (3818 views)
Re: Tax assessments in PA - Scott Perry/PA
9/17/2007 5:08:37 PM (3644 views)
Re: Tax assessments in PA - Michele Jorgensen/TX
9/24/2007 10:50:43 AM (4037 views)
Re: Tax assessments in PA - Scott Perry/PA
9/24/2007 5:24:00 PM (3813 views)

Separation of Banks, Mortgage Companies and Title Companies - Jay Duncan/MO
9/16/2007 9:37:06 PM (2772 views)
Re: Separation of Banks, Mortgage Companies and Title Companies - David Robertson/VA
9/25/2007 5:34:42 PM (3757 views)

IS WHAT THIS NOTARY DID LEGAL?? - KATHY NEWTON/NC
9/16/2007 7:34:38 PM (2717 views)
Re: IS WHAT THIS NOTARY DID LEGAL?? - Jay Duncan/MO
9/16/2007 7:53:28 PM (4028 views)
Re: IS WHAT THIS NOTARY DID LEGAL?? - Kevin Ahern/CT
9/17/2007 6:37:31 AM (3854 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 (3891 views)
Re: IS WHAT THIS NOTARY DID LEGAL?? - KELLY ROBERTSON/CA
9/24/2007 7:42:55 AM (6032 views)
Re: IS WHAT THIS NOTARY DID LEGAL?? - Timothy Gatewood/TN
9/26/2007 11:16:49 AM (5524 views)

Is your title shop using a trusted notary? - Jay Duncan/MO
9/14/2007 4:49:41 PM (4620 views)
Re: Is your title shop using a trusted notary? - Ron McPherson/IA
9/14/2007 11:02:46 PM (3608 views)

Advantage Equity, Pennsylvania - Wendi See/SC
9/14/2007 3:25:40 PM (2347 views)

Express Financial Services - Loretta Reed/MD
9/14/2007 12:30:22 PM (2973 views)
Re: Express Financial Services - Anita Backlund/MN
9/14/2007 1:10:21 PM (3910 views)
Re: Express Financial Services - Jason Sheppard/PA
9/17/2007 9:59:30 AM (5562 views)
Re: Express Financial Services - marilyn snyder/FL
9/17/2007 12:46:09 PM (3726 views)
Re: Express Financial Services - Loretta Reed/MD
9/17/2007 1:29:14 PM (3778 views)
Re: Express Financial Services - Jason Sheppard/PA
9/17/2007 3:44:04 PM (3776 views)
Re: Express Financial Services - Susan Parker/TN
9/24/2007 10:28:38 AM (3636 views)
Re: Express Financial Services - Loretta Reed/MD
9/24/2007 10:55:11 AM (3775 views)
Re: Express Financial Services - Jason Sheppard/PA
10/1/2007 4:21:16 PM (3720 views)

One Lawyer You Have to Love! - J Nisonger/CA
9/14/2007 11:47:54 AM (2648 views)
Re: One Lawyer You Have to Love! - Constance Foye/VA
9/14/2007 11:57:48 AM (3657 views)
Re: One Lawyer You Have to Love! - Anita Backlund/MN
9/14/2007 12:17:08 PM (3595 views)
Re: One Lawyer You Have to Love! - David Chisolm/MS
9/14/2007 3:28:34 PM (3655 views)
Re: One Lawyer You Have to Love! - Scott Perry/PA
9/14/2007 3:51:13 PM (3648 views)
Re: One Lawyer You Have to Love! - Timothy Gatewood/TN
9/26/2007 11:27:02 AM (5415 views)
Re: One Lawyer You Have to Love! - Ron McPherson/IA
9/14/2007 11:12:33 PM (3579 views)

LSI joins 1st American's Procedures - Anita Backlund/MN
9/13/2007 11:34:40 AM (3169 views)
Re: LSI joins 1st American's Procedures - Robert Franco/OH
9/13/2007 2:16:32 PM (3806 views)
Re: LSI joins 1st American's Procedures - Janis Talbot/SC
9/17/2007 8:57:04 AM (3625 views)
Re: LSI joins 1st American's Procedures - David Chisolm/MS
9/18/2007 8:01:26 PM (3742 views)
Re: LSI joins 1st American's Procedures - Scott Perry/PA
9/18/2007 10:29:16 PM (3681 views)
Re: LSI joins 1st American's Procedures - David Chisolm/MS
9/19/2007 12:19:16 AM (3569 views)
Re: LSI joins 1st American's Procedures - David Chisolm/MS
9/18/2007 8:12:52 PM (3683 views)
Re: LSI joins 1st American's Procedures - David Chisolm/MS
9/18/2007 8:13:51 PM (3576 views)
Re: LSI joins 1st American's Procedures - Lisa Dahlquist/NC
9/20/2007 7:32:57 AM (3665 views)
Re: LSI joins 1st American's Procedures - Wendi See/SC
9/21/2007 11:49:13 AM (3652 views)
Re: LSI joins 1st American's Procedures - Kevin Ahern/CT
9/21/2007 4:11:38 PM (3525 views)
Re: LSI joins 1st American's Procedures - Wendi See/SC
9/21/2007 7:58:10 PM (3634 views)
Re: LSI joins 1st American's Procedures - Paul Richards/UT
9/19/2007 1:19:30 AM (3725 views)

Teaching Offshore Outsource To Title Search - Jill Kissell/IA
9/13/2007 11:23:32 AM (2828 views)
Re: Teaching Offshore Outsource To Title Search - Robert Franco/OH
9/13/2007 2:19:51 PM (3620 views)
Re: Teaching Offshore Outsource To Title Search - James Mohrmann/VA
9/19/2007 10:36:15 AM (3906 views)


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