The space for my seal wasn’t big enough at my signing tonight. It’s slightly covered the print that said not to cover anything up with your seal. In your experiences, our signing companies pretty forgiving about that?
@notarynearmejohnsoncity Hmmm . . . that’s difficult to say without knowing the name of the business entity and seeing the actual document in question. Cross your fingers for now, hope that your stamp positioning is acceptable, & wait to hear back from them.
If the positioning/placement has presented an issue, they’ll undoubtedly advise you of that status.
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POTENTIAL SOLUTION:
Many years ago when I launched my business within this business sector I noted that one would need to be “creative” regarding notarial stamp placement at times . . .
So, at that point in time I began purchasing TWO notarial stamps for each Notarial Commission term ===>>>
- A regular-sized notarial stamp
- A mini-sized notarial stamp
This minor additional investment has served the purpose quite well over the years.
Many years ago in a less litigious age, you paid for the house, signed the bill of sale, a notary notarized the deed, and the great-grandfather of the clerk at the recorder’s office rejected the deed for notary errors. Any recordable document will be approved or rejected by the county recorder. If the printing on the document obscures the information on your stamp in any way, the recorder will reject it and the recording of the document will be delayed. It’s up to the signing service (they are paid the notary fee) to catch those errors. The recorder will also reject it if your signature touches your seal, is faint, or blurry, in other words, not perfect.
I agree, the main issue is the recorder. Any problems with the signing service or title company will probably because they’re afraid the recorder will reject it.
On the other hand, where I live, Vermont, recording is done by town clerks. My town clerk told me she feels compelled to accept whatever is sent in. It seems like every recording office is different.
makes sense when the entire population of your state is about the same as Fresno, California
I would think that it would depend on the document, i.e., if it’s something that’s going to be recorded, it may be a problem. You could have pulled the copy out of the signers’ copy package and done a loose certificate. I’m on my 5th commission and I believe this is the first time that I have TWO seals; one smaller than the other. The smaller one has come in handy more often that expected. It’s perfect for those small space. Just an idea going forward.
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i’m glad you brought that up. When you get your Californa commission, you have the ability order two seals, I did. Because both are compliant, you’ll probably end up using the smaller one most the time.
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