Other schools have jumped on the bandwagon and are offering classes if you can believe it? The cose is $59-$79 for a 4 hour class!
Many of the 2008 changes involve procedure with police procedures and statues of limitations increasing for Notarial misconduct. These types of changes only come up when you have legal issues and I am sure this is something the great majority of CA Notaries will never need to deal with.
The more important changes in my opinion are: All laws change begin January 1, 2008.
1. Personal Knowledge will no longer be allowed; you must ID everyone.
2. If you don't report a "Change of Address" to the Sec of State in 30 days you will be subject to a $500 fine.
3. One Credible Witness will require ID.
4. You must submit a 2inch by 2 inch picture of yourself when you submit an application to become a CA Notary.
5. Power of Attorney Certificates will now require a thumbprint (I think a CA Notary should fingerprint every client but this is just a personal opinion.)
6. If our Sec of State wants to see a line item in our journal or another item in our journal we have 15 days to respond instead of the previous 30 days to respond.
7. If we don't get a thumbprint in our journal for the necessary documents, the notary is subject to a Civil fine of $2500.
I paraphrased all this and you can get the entire law changes on http://www.notaryclasses.com/.
I can't imagine a CA Notary actually needing a 4 hour class to understand these changes!! Just my opinion and maybe other Notaries disagree?
http://www.joanbergstromnotarypublic.com
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