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Whiteout is never to used on any documents!

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Services for Real Estate Pros with QEC Internet Services

As a public notary you will be called upon to witness many important documents that require a notary's seal of approval.  Never, never, never use whiteout to make a correction on any document Never use on a document to be notatized.for any reason.  I heard a "but" in the background from someone!  There is no exception or reason for whiteout, end of sentence. 

If there is a mistake by you or the customer, cross out the incorrect information using a single line (not scribbly-scratch like the kiddies) and enter the correct information. Always initial or have the customer initial any corrections or modifications to a document.

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Comments (9)

Joe Virnig
RE/MAX Gold Coast REALTORS, Ventura County, California - Ventura, CA
No Ordinary Joe

Good reminder.  I have seen escrow officers use whith out on a grant deed to correct a name before.  (Not for a long time, though.)

Jun 23, 2008 02:30 AM
Ron Parise
LocateHomes.com - Cape Coral, FL

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There is no exception or reason for whiteout, send of sentence.        RP

Jun 23, 2008 02:31 AM
Jacqueline Dyson
Dyson's Mobile Notary Service - Sacramento, CA

Gee, where have I been, I did not think people still invested or used whiteout. I thought technology replaced the need for this. If you need to make a correction why not use the borrower copy.

Jun 23, 2008 01:12 PM
Find a Notary Public needAnotary
QEC Internet Services - Long Beach, CA

Yep, they still make it and sell it and Joe knows of escrow officers who use it on grant deeds.  Whiteout is alive and well! 

Jun 23, 2008 03:57 PM
Denise OnullDell
Santa Clarita Mobile Notary - Santa Clarita, CA
Mobile Notary Public/Real Estate Agent

I usually do what Jacqueline suggested if possible, but definitely NO WHITEOUT!

Jun 23, 2008 05:45 PM
Cheryl Lee Handavaka
Cheryl Lee Handavaka Mobile Notary Public - Riverside, CA
951-514-9205 - Riverside Notary Loan Signing Services

I have worked with Dr.s that had used pencil on medical records!  (??)  I have had meetings with my staff when I was an office manager about the inappropriate use of white-out on medical records.  Now that I am in the loan signing industry, it amazes me that people perceive this practice of covering up mistakes with white-out as acceptable.  I have yet to deal with eraseable pens...

 

Cheryl Lee Anderson

Jun 28, 2008 02:09 PM
Mary Ellen Elmore
Nunnelly, TN

Jacqueline--Sometimes there is a typo if importance. That would exsist on the borrower's copy also.

I have had borrower's get upset with me because I would not let them white out something, but corrected it with one line and all intialing.

The most common mistake I run into is the venue--it will be completely or partially typed in and either the state or county or sometimes both are wrong.

Jun 29, 2008 12:44 AM
Find a Notary Public needAnotary
QEC Internet Services - Long Beach, CA

Ron - Good looking out, thanks.  Four eyes are better than two!

Mary Ellen - Some clients can be a handful or completely uncooperative at times.  Other times you run into the nicest of people.

Cheryl - I actually saw an eraseable pen

Ballpoint Ink Pen, Erasable, Medium Point, Black

Jun 29, 2008 01:16 AM
Amy O'Laughlin
Broken Arrow, OK

Funny story about white-out...we had a receptionist who typed up the labels for our folders on a newer typewriter (the kind that come with correction ribbon...)  I looked down at the typewriter one day, and all over the top where the letters print was whiteout! 

(yes, she was blond...no, there wasn't whiteout on the computer screen!)

Jan 30, 2009 12:04 PM