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Refusal of notary service
I did something last week that I have never done as a notary public -- I refused to notarize for someone.
Refusing notary service is a serious matter.  Notaries face the possibility of discrimination lawsuits for refusing to notarize if they don't have due cause.
But first, there is a difference between a notary refusing to notarize someone's signature, and turning someone down because the request for notarization was made when the notary was unavailable, or because the notary does not work on Sundays. 
There is no law that says that notaries have to make themselves available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.  At least not in Colorado. And there is no law that says that a notary has to travel to someone to provide notary service.  And if a notary is sitting in a restaurant, having dinner with the family, they don't have to get up from the table and respond to a call for notary service at that moment.  A notary has every right to decline service.
Then there are the unlawful notarizations for which a notary can refuse service. And there can be many reasons.  For example, if a person does not have sufficient identification, and ... more

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