When conducting a loan signing in Texas, it is my understanding that I will be notarizing several documents in the loan package. I will enter each of those documents separately in the journal. However, I'm being paid a flat rate fee for the signing. Should I just note the flat fee in the journal, or does it have to be broken out in some manner? — T.O., Texas
The fee you receive from the signing company is not a notarial fee that is recorded in the journal. The flat fee covers all you do as a Signing Agent, including notarizing signatures on closing documents. As a result, you aren’t charging for the notarizations you perform. You can record “0” in the fee column of your journal and make a note that you were paid a flat fee for a loan signing on that date. Make sure you keep separate business records of all the invoices and payments for loan signings you perform.
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