When I moved back to the Pacific Northwest I never changed my TN phone number. As a notary I still haven’t, because I need to answer local area code numbers in case they are business but I can easily screen spam that comes in from TN numbers.
Signers don’t always answer when I call because it says White House TN but they always respond to text and voice mail. I won’t get a local number at this point. Doesn’t impact business at all.
Hi Erin. I made relocation spreadsheet containing task, contact phone number, call/email date, task completed date. Experience taught me items to list and varied state to state. My son is an actor and relocated from WA to NY and quickly realized changing phone number was necessary to get more work. I would wait until after relocation for Google site. Their customer service ■■■■■.
Thank you Alice. Yeah—I think I’ll definitely hold off on the Google site.
As for phone… had the same Hawaii number for 16 years, even after moving back and forth from the islands a few times. Now I also have a local Indiana number that I use for business, and both ring to my same phone. When I move, I’ll probably just nix the IN license and add the new state number, relying on the HI number through the transition.
The bigger thing would be figuring out how to communicate with Title agencies and signing agencies. But I guess I can’t cross that bridge when I come to it.
I never changed my email relocating from CA to WA and traveling over the US and other countries. Hence my email is alice2uworld@gmail.com My email is all over the place in tech world. I retired from my day job 2015, received letter 2 years later from company all my information was compromised and I worked with various governments contracts. My son is a tech that also works with hackers from various companies. They found my Information is now on dark web. Personal information is never secure. I just use what is convenient for me. Tech updates such as AI and passports provides more intrusions. When I leave this world, information will still be there. Such is our world.
I’d start checking the licensing rules in the new state early since notary laws can be weirdly different. Also might be worth slowly building contacts there before the move.
Thank you for the feedback. A lot would depend on where I land. Yes, I can look at state regs, but planning for local networking would be harder right now.
I just moved from South Dakota to Texas at the beginning of March. It was painless for me because my January and February business was pretty high. The day I changed my address with the USPS, I applied for my TX notary commission. It did take about 2 weeks. I got my commission on 3/11/26, bought my stamp through American Association of Notaries and paid for the expedited shipping. I also spent all day of the 11th updating all of my platforms. I’ve been slowly taking closings, maybe 2 a day. I’m still nervous venturing into the city, but I’ll take the outer reaches on the NE corner of San Antonio. I did 2 in New Braunfels yesterday and do quite a bit over in the Encino Ranch and Stone Oak areas. I try to stick to Schertz and Cibolo though.
