Yesterday I needed to find a notary in Valdosta, GA even though I'm in California. This was very interesting since I had never heard nor been to Valdosta, GA.

This all started when a man called me a couple of weeks ago needing a will notarized for his sister who was in intensive care and it did not look like she was going to pull through. Due to the fact that a notary cannot prepare and notarize the same document I gave him a couple of referrals.

The next time I heard back from him his sister had died but he had never gotten the will. He now needed a document notarized allowing his brother, who was homeless and living in Valdosta with no I.D., to sign over the life insurance policy his sister had so they would have money to claim her body and bury her. There was nothing I could really do from CA but I agreed to help him find a notary in GA. 

The first notary I contacted wanted to charge $175 because he was afraid of the liability involved due to the fact that signer did not have identification. Now I know they can only charge $2 per signature in GA but I thought that was outrageous for ONE signature! Needless to say, I moved on and found someone else that was a little more reasonable. 

In the end the man said he probably did not need the notary anymore so it was a lot work for nothing but I did what I could. It's definitely never a dull day as a notary.