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The document provides guidelines for Pennsylvania notaries, including timeframes for reporting changes to their commission or personal details, education and bonding requirements, proper notarization procedures, and required wording for certificates of notarial acts. Notaries must complete education within 6 months of applying, obtain a $10,000 bond within 45 days, and keep accurate contemporaneous records of notarizations in a tamper-evident journal. The "Do's" include obtaining consent for remote online notarization and making certified copies only of passports, while the "Don'ts" prohibit assisting with legal documents or notarizing incomplete ones.

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RULONA Rundown

The document provides guidelines for Pennsylvania notaries, including timeframes for reporting changes to their commission or personal details, education and bonding requirements, proper notarization procedures, and required wording for certificates of notarial acts. Notaries must complete education within 6 months of applying, obtain a $10,000 bond within 45 days, and keep accurate contemporaneous records of notarizations in a tamper-evident journal. The "Do's" include obtaining consent for remote online notarization and making certified copies only of passports, while the "Don'ts" prohibit assisting with legal documents or notarizing incomplete ones.

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RULONA Rundown

Dates Do’s
n 10 days – Report lost/stolen stamp or journal to n Notify the Department of State of your intention
the Department of State. to notarize remotely.
n n Provide itemized receipt when charging.
30 days – Report office of record and/or home
address change to the Department of State. n Do everything at the same time
n 30 days – Report name change to the (contemporaneously).
Department of State. n Can make a certified copy of a passport if asked.
n n Keep journal in chronological order.
45 days – Obtain $10,000 notary bond; record
bond, oath & commission and record signature. n Demand personal appearance of your customer.
n 60 days – Minimum timeframe you should apply n Destroy notary stamp when you resign.
for your reappointment before your commission
expires.
n 6 months – Education needs to be completed Don’ts
within six months before applying for
appointment/reappointment. n Assist customer in drafting legal documents.
n 4 years – The length of a notary commission. n List customer’s personal information in your
journal.
n Abbreviate words on your official stamp.
Required n Notarize a document with blank spaces on it.
n Make a certified copy of a Birth/Death certificate.
n Proof of 3 hours of education.
n Charge a fee for notarizing an absentee ballot.
n $42 state application fee.
n Notary wording on any document that you’re
notarizing.
n Notary wording for remote online notarization Certificate of Notarial Act (Notary Wording)
must disclose that communication technology
was used. n Venue:
n Notary must be in Pennsylvania when completing Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
a remote online notarization. County of ____________________________
n Read & write in English. n Verification on oath or affirmation wording:
n $10,000 notary bond. Signed and sworn to (or affirmed) before me on
n
________ (Date) by __________ (Customer Name).
Date & Time of notarization in journal.
n Witnessing or attesting a signature wording:
n Your printed name if signature on notarized
document is not legible. Signed (or attested) before me on _______ (Date)
n
by __________ (Customer Name).
Bound journal with pre-numbered pages (paper)
or tamper-evident journal (electronic). n Acknowledgment wording:
This record was acknowledged before me on
_______ (Date) by ________ (Customer Name).

Pennsylvania Association of Notaries


One Gateway Center, Suite 401, 420 Fort Duquesne Boulevard, Pittsburgh, PA 15222-1498
phone: 800-944-8790 • fax: 800-707-7075 • email: [email protected]
PAN 329 4-21

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