A notary public is required to keep one active sequential journal at a time of all acts performed as a notary public.
California notary journal entry.
The notary public journal entry should be full and complete and must include all the following items.
If you are referring to california s guidelines for recording information in journal entries the ca secretary of state s 2018 notary newsletter includes the following instructions on page 2.
It is important for notaries to remember that we are the keepers of the books and as such we need detailed records in our sequential journal.
For example california which has some of the most detailed notarization laws in the country requires the following information be taken down in each journal entry.
State requirements for notary journal entries.
Step by step illustrated instructions make it easy to record your acts and meets recordkeeping requirments for every state with room for 488 journal entries.
If you are notarizing multiple documents for a signer or signers each notarial act must be indicated clearly in your journal.
If your state requires you to keep a journal make sure to include all mandated information for every entry.
The date and time the.
It contains 104 pages and 400 individually numbered entries.
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Not only must a notary public have a separate journal entry for each type of notarization a specific description of the document and the time and date of the official act california government code section 8206 a 2 c requires the signature for each line item.