notary

[dontdowell]

What is the name of your state? AZ
I work for a private club. Recently we had a need for a Notary. She charged $25.00. Since I have learned the max. she could charge was @2.00 plus mileage.
She advertised in our bimonthly news magazine.
My question is now that we know she is illegally charging and is subject to a class 5 felony, are we in jeporady by allowing her to advertise in our flyer knowing what we do?

[rmet4nzkx]

Originally Posted by dontdowell

What is the name of your state? AZ
I work for a private club. Recently we had a need for a Notary. She charged $25.00. Since I have learned the max. she could charge was @2.00 plus mileage.
She advertised in our bimonthly news magazine.
My question is now that we know she is illegally charging and is subject to a class 5 felony, are we in jeporady by allowing her to advertise in our flyer knowing what we do?

This is utterly rediculous! Please refer to 6-2(b)
[url]http://www.nationalnotary.org/UserImages/Model_Notary_Act.pdf[/url]
As long as fees are reasonable and quoted in advance there should be no problem, $25 for a moble Notery service seems appropriate considering the cost of fuel and time to travel.

[dontdowell]

I'm not the one that made that rule. Page 48 of the Arizona Notary handbook says max. fee is $2.00 and travel @ 34.5cents per mile.

[rmet4nzkx]

You didn't read it all, you forgot the part about per diem as per AZ state schedule, all of which are in excess of $25.

[dontdowell]

thanks for your help, please tell me where you found that.
I was given a heads up by another notary about this. I am not a notary, therefore I do not know.
The notary that told me about the infraction said she went to a class for this.

I just want to do the right thing. Not cause the notary that came to us in time of need.

[rmet4nzkx]

I pulled up the pdf file and read the entire [paragraph and then went as directed to the AZ state pages with per diem defined. They have to allow for time and travel otherwise no one would do it.