Hi Denise:  Nice to know about the details of signing.  Glad I am not the one to make sure it's correct.  Very nice background, certainly did not take you long to get it all figured out. :-)

Great blog, it never hurts to send reminders....

Sylviia ~ Thank you!

Pam ~ Thanks again... You're too kind :)

I am not sure I understand the NNA question & correct answer on this situation and I am only writing about California Notary law?

If I am notarizing a Deed of Trust (ACK) and the loan signing documents (as an example) have Jason W Smith typed in as a name to sign; I am not going to put in the personally appeared section of the notarial certificate the name: Jason William Smith because that happens to be what is on his driver license or any acceptable I.D. used in CA.

As I said maybe I just don't get the question?  Help me out here.

Thanks

Hi Denise, what did the title company tell you to do?  Did they re-draw the docs?

Joan ~ You'd have to double check with the NNA, but it is also my understanding that you wouldn't put the entire name on the ID in the "personally appeared" portion of the notarial certicate.  I think what they mean is to make sure the name on the ID closely matches the name on the document being notarized.  I always use the "more (on the ID) is better than less" rule.  For example, if the ID states John William Smith, it would be ok to notarize a document with the pre-printed name of John W. Smith.

Lacy ~ The loan docs I notarized did not have to be re-drawn. 

I agree Denise. 

You can always  have more information on the I.D than is required on the document to be notarized, but it can't be the other way around.