# Border areas **URL:** \ **Category:** Beginner's Questions\ **Created:** [June 6, 2024, 3:28pm UTC](https://forum.notarycafe.com/t/border-areas/46189 "2024-06-06T15:28:11Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![allureluxesigningsolutions](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forum.notarycafe.com/allureluxesigningsolutions/32/30495_2.png) [@allureluxesigningsolutions](https://forum.notarycafe.com/u/allureluxesigningsolutions)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2024, 3:28pm UTC](https://forum.notarycafe.com/t/border-areas/46189/1 "2024-06-06T15:28:11Z")
Can A VA Notary perform notarizations in Washington DC ---
**Author:** ![jennifer.shaffor](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forum.notarycafe.com/jennifer.shaffor/32/33589_2.png) [@jennifer.shaffor](https://forum.notarycafe.com/u/jennifer.shaffor)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2024, 3:16am UTC](https://forum.notarycafe.com/t/border-areas/46189/2 "2024-06-12T03:16:28Z")
Do you have a place of employment in DC? If not, then usually no. ---
**Author:** ![allureluxesigningsolutions](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forum.notarycafe.com/allureluxesigningsolutions/32/30495_2.png) [@allureluxesigningsolutions](https://forum.notarycafe.com/u/allureluxesigningsolutions)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2024, 11:43am UTC](https://forum.notarycafe.com/t/border-areas/46189/3 "2024-06-12T11:43:31Z")
So is the TC or SS is based there then it doesn’t count correct ? ---
**Author:** ![jennifer.shaffor](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forum.notarycafe.com/jennifer.shaffor/32/33589_2.png) [@jennifer.shaffor](https://forum.notarycafe.com/u/jennifer.shaffor)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2024, 11:54am UTC](https://forum.notarycafe.com/t/border-areas/46189/4 "2024-06-12T11:54:04Z")
No. Title companies are all over the country. Im in PA and see title companies from all over the country. But, i still have to have my feet planted in PA to work. ---
**Author:** ![ashton](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forum.notarycafe.com/ashton/32/35076_2.png) [@ashton](https://forum.notarycafe.com/u/ashton)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2024, 12:05pm UTC](https://forum.notarycafe.com/t/border-areas/46189/5 "2024-06-13T12:05:02Z")
I’m a VT notary and have never been involved with notarizations in VA or DC. I found a few interesting passages in notary handbooks. _A Handbook for Virginia Notaries_ (April 6, 2021) on page 9 says > A notary should keep the following things in mind: > > - Virginia notaries may perform their duties outside of the Commonwealth if the document is for use in the Commonwealth. The District of Columbia _Notary Public Handbook_ (revised 8-2023) on page 5 says there is such a thing as a Business Notary “whose primary place of business or employment is within the District” so if that applies to you and you can get your boss to write a letter, you could apply for a DC notary commission. Many of the people on this forum are mobile notaries and often perform notarizations for real estate signings. For those, saying the documents are for use in the District wouldn’t be very believable unless the real estate was located in the district. The way these signings are assigned to notaries, the person giving the assignment often doesn’t know where the real state is located. So if you only have a VA commission and accept an assignment for a signer in DC, you might often find yourself saying, once you see the documents, that you have to refuse to finish the assignment, which will get people mad at you. ---
**Author:** ![allureluxesigningsolutions](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forum.notarycafe.com/allureluxesigningsolutions/32/30495_2.png) [@allureluxesigningsolutions](https://forum.notarycafe.com/u/allureluxesigningsolutions)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2024, 5:24pm UTC](https://forum.notarycafe.com/t/border-areas/46189/6 "2024-06-18T17:24:32Z")
Thank you guys ! This was really helpful ---
**Author:** ![NC\_Mike](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forum.notarycafe.com/nc_mike/32/54_2.png) [@NC\_Mike](https://forum.notarycafe.com/u/NC_Mike)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2024, 5:24pm UTC](https://forum.notarycafe.com/t/border-areas/46189/7 "2024-09-16T17:24:46Z")
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