Notaries can authenticate bow ties?

In Illnois, 250 people got together to tie a bow tie together, attempting to break a world record. A newspaper reported a notary public "signed off" on the achievement.

I looked at the Secretary of State's web site to see if notaries in Illinois adjudicate contests but the site has little information.

Can you guess why a Pennsylvania notary got her commission suspended? Same old reason: not requiring the person to appear personally. I'm not sure why that requirement is so hard.

A North Carolina license plate agency has been closed by the state. Its 3 employees are charged with a total of 84 counts of aiding and abetting notary fraud.


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Notary seal doesn't make a document legal

Notarization does not make a document legal, the Illinois State Bar notes.

Sometimes online descriptions of what a notary does miss this point.


---just released--How to Become a California Notary Public Only $1.60. Comes with practice tests for the Secretary's exam!

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