Marketing Strategies for Notaries
Create profiles on Notary listing websites. Form a Notary network. Reach out directly to potential clients. Create a Google ad for your business. Create a social media presence for your business. Your letterhead should show your contact details. Deliver marketing letters by hand with business cards inside.
- Consider promoting through promotional items, networking meetings, joining your Chamber of Commerce, and posting an online profile.
- Develop a logo that represents your business.
- You are a business – market yourself accordingly.
- Pay attention to your community.
Earning Potential and Business Operations
How much you can make as a notary depends on the maximum amount you can charge and state regulations.
- The average Texas notary earns $60,000.
- In Austin, they earn $45,000.
- New York notaries average $45,000 per year.
Understand how to start and run your services as a business: be highly organized, explore specialized markets, provide concierge services, network. Specialize in loan signing: meet with borrowers, review and notarize documents. Always have the proper equipment.
Legal Considerations and Notarization Practices
Avoid creating advertisements that use prohibited phrases. Generally accepted practice is for a notary signing agent to have access only to key documents necessary to perform notarization. The effect of notarization is to legally bind parties to a contract’s terms.
Notarizations, referred to as “notarial acts,” are a three-part process that includes vetting, certifying, and record-keeping.
Notices and Legal Documents
What must be included in the notice of right to cancel?
This document located in the loan package states the borrower can cancel their location transaction within three business days after signing loan documents. California Civil Code requires the Contractor/Seller give the property owner written notice of their Right To Cancel the contract at the time the Contract is entered into.
The "Notice of a Right to Cancel" will be included in loan documents on a refinance or home equity lines of credit, but not transactions with the existing lender or on investment properties. This form must be filled out correctly or funding of the loan will be delayed. Any mistake made on the rescission date causes a delay.
Roles and Salaries of Notary Signing Agents
The responsibilities of a Notary Signing Agent include printing documents, meeting the signer, notarizing signatures, and quickly returning documents for processing. The services provided by signing agents are in demand, making it a potentially lucrative venture. In California, the Notary Signing Agent Salary is estimated between $45,000 to $60,000 per year depending on location.
Remote Notarization and Further Information
Remote online notarization is different from electronic and traditional notarization.
- How to prepare for remote notarization?
- What states allow it?
- Will having remote notaries increase a company’s market value?
- How to become one?
Frequently asked questions about remote notarization.