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NNA Staff
The recent decision by the Sonoma County Sheriff’s Department and the Santa Rosa Police Department to allow officers to accept Matricula Consular cards continues the nationwide debate over these controversial IDs issued by Mexican consulates whose citizens live outside of Mexican borders.
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NNA Staff
More than 700 county recorders around the country are electronically recording real estate-related documents, according to the Property Records Industry Association. That represents a 40 percent increase since April 2010.
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NNA Staff
When Michael J. Finland was named Notary of the Year in 2002, what most distinguished him was his passionate commitment to education.
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NNA Staff
Mollie Shields-Uehling is President and CEO of SAFE-BioPharma Association®, which provides digital identity solutions to government organizations and the healthcare and pharmaceutical industries.
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NNA Staff
Michigan Governor Rick Snyder signed a set of Notary-related laws late last week designed to combat real estate fraud.
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NNA Staff
Washington State enacted a new Immigration Service Fraud Prevention Act this week, prohibiting individuals from engaging in the unauthorized practice of law in matters pertaining to immigration.
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NNA Staff
When using an embosser, do I also need to use my ink stamp when notarizing? Does the embossment need to be done within the Notary block? Is there anything else I need to know when it comes to embossing?
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NNA Staff
A California hospital faces a multi-million dollar class action lawsuit after private patient information was supplied to a business contractor and posted on the Internet, an indication of how sharing sensitive patient information — even with trusted business partners — can put you in danger of violating healthcare privacy regulations.
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NNA Staff
New York State has enacted a new law that permits county recorders to electronically accept real estate-related documents and paves the way for electronic notarizations.
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NNA Staff
In an effort to protect elderly persons from being exploited, the state of Florida enacted a new law this month that changes the way powers of attorney are executed and notarized. The NNA’s Healthcare Professionals Section spoke with elder law attorney Howard Krooks to discuss the changes in the new law and how it may affect powers of attorney notarized in other states.