Mobile Notary Service During the Holidays

During this holiday season, we will be available for your notary needs. Many mobile notaries charge additional holiday rates. This can range up to $200 or more.

We don't.

The bottom line is if that we are available when you need us, you will pay our regular mobile notary rates.

We understand that frequently families are together for the holidays. This means that, frequently, trusts, powers of attorney, deeds, advance health care directives, etc., need updating and older relatives may have difficulty getting around.

For this reason, our holiday gift to you is our availability and understanding. So, if we are not bogged in egg nogg or in a tussle at the clearance counter, we will be where you need us, when you need us. A homebaked holiday cookie tip will be appreciated :-)

Mobile Notary rates in our immediate area are $20 for travel and $10 per signature.

Happy Holidays!

Entertainment in Los Angeles and Ventura County

Looking for fun stuff to do now that the holidays are here? Take a break from shopping to go have some fun on the cheap! Here is a resource to half priced tickets to fun things to do in Los Angeles and Ventura counties. We love the folks at Goldstar! Just input your email address for a weekly email of things to do in your area and purchase tickets for half price. That's it. No Venue Fee, Processing Fee, Ticket Printing Fee, etc. They also cover many other metropolitan areas such as Las Vegas, San Francisco, and New York:

California Notary Law Changes for 2008

Since my previous post concerning notary law changes with respect to identification, I realized that readers may consider that to be the only notary law change for the new year. My apologies if there was a misunderstanding. There are quite a number of changes to notary law within the state of California.

Overall, the changes appear to offer more protection to the public, increase penalties for notaries falsifying documents, provide additional verification of identity, and assist when there is a crime investigation. From the California Secretary of State's website, the following notary law updates for the 2008 year are:

AB 434 Chapter 496
Requires the notary to respond within 15 business days from receipt of a request by the public for a line item copy from the notary's journal. The notary must provide a copy or respond that no such line item exists.

AB886 Chapter 399
Provides several provisions affecting notaries public:

• "Personally known" to the notary for the purpose of identifying a signer for an acknowledgment or executing a jurat will no longer be allowed. Violation of this may subject the notary to a civil penalty of up to $10,000.
• The certificate of acknowledgment will be executed under penalty of perjury. Any notary who knowingly states as true a material fact known to false can be subject to a penalty of up to $10,000.
• Notaries will have to submit a photograph with their application for a commission.
• The notary journal will have to include a notation that the identity of a signer was based on satisfactory evidence and not "personal knowledge".
• Power of attorney documents will need a thumb print in the notary journal.
• When requested by a peace officer in the course of investigating a criminal offense, a notary must surrender their journal immediately or as soon as possible if the journal is not immediately in their possession. The peace officer seizing the journal must notify the secretary of state within 24 hours to provide the name of the notary.
• Willful failure to notify the secretary of state of an address change may incur a fine of up to $500.
• Willful failure to notify the secretary of state of a name change is punishable with a fine of up to $500.
• Willful failure to produce the journal, when requested by a peace officer, is punishable by a civil penalty of up to $2500.
• Failure to obtain a thumb print as required by law, is subject to a penalty of up to $2500.
• Willful failure to report loss or theft of a journal may be grounds for revocation or suspension of a notary commission.
• Grounds for denial of an application for a notary commission include:
• Making false writing.
• Fraud relating to a deed of trust.
• Improper notarial acts.
• Unlawful acting as a notary.
• Filing false or forged documents.
• Forgery
• Embezzlement
• Falsely obtaining personal information
• Willful failure to produce the notary journal when requested by a police officer.

These appear reasonable and necessary changes to ensure the publics' protection against notaries performing improper acts as it allows for greater accountability. The original secretary of state posting can be found here.

Thousand Oaks Street Fair 11-4-2007

Sunday, November 4, 2007 the Thousand Oaks Rotary will be hosting the Thousand Oaks Street Fair. The Rotary Club has provided the following information about the event, which takes place between 9:00 and 4:00 pm.

The Thousand Oaks Rotary Street Fair continues as the premier Arts & Crafts Fair of Ventura County with over 25,000 attendees and 245 vendor booths. It is a great showcase that continues to grow and offer new exciting events.
NEW! "Rodeo Drive": a new area specifically for artisans displaying their own hand-made products.
NEW! in the spirit of Oktoberfest, a Beer and Wine Garden joins the Whole Foods Taste of the Conejo Valley
The Domino's Pizza Kids Playground with games, crafts, jumpees, soft drinks and pizza.
Two stages will have music, dancing, singing and reptiles for the kids.

The Street Fair map provides location information. The vendor list provides information about what vendors will be there and the location of their booth.

Have fun!