I’m just curious as I’m sure it’s rare, but wondered if anyone has and what the back story was.
It has to be subpoenaed.
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@RickOShay No.
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Of course, as I often advise via Notary Cafe forum threads & posts, ALWAYS Research the State rules, statues, laws, etc. of your own individual State for the accurate data in your instance.
For most States within the US, there are explicit guidelines about allowing that to occur; i.e., receipt of a subpoena, etc.
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Typically, the person and/or entity requesting data on an entry(ies) from your Notarial Journal are to follow specific procedures.
In general, these would include at a minimum the following:
- Written request detailing the specific notarization; i.e., name(s) of signer(s), date, time, location, type of document, etc.
- Request must be signed
- The request must originate from an authorized individual/entity
That depends on individual states - no subpoena required here, just a wirtten request.
Well, lucky me. Never realized it wasn’t that way everywhere.
May I ask, who told you a subpoena was needed? According to the NNA (and I almost never reference them) they claim an individual can request a copy of the entry in writing citing the specific info of the notarization (name, date, time, etc)
Then again, NNA says WA follows the same laws as CA as far as journal entries are concerned - one entry for each individual notarization - is that true? If so, I didn’t realize you had that burden too
It was in the training. Plus my mentor told me and she has 20 years experience. I fill my journal out before I go so I don’t have to take the time at the table. In WA you can’t abbreviate. I don’t have a high enough instance of canceled or no signs to worry about it.
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