{"id":252,"date":"2014-02-06T00:04:48","date_gmt":"2014-02-06T07:04:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/abclegaldocs.com\/blog-Colorado-Notary\/?p=252"},"modified":"2019-07-26T07:36:59","modified_gmt":"2019-07-26T13:36:59","slug":"model-notary-act","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.abclegaldocs.com\/blog-Colorado-Notary\/model-notary-act\/","title":{"rendered":"Model Notary Act"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_82_2 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-transparent ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.abclegaldocs.com\/blog-Colorado-Notary\/model-notary-act\/#Model_Notary_Act\" >Model Notary Act<\/a><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-2' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/www.abclegaldocs.com\/blog-Colorado-Notary\/model-notary-act\/#Reasonable_Care\" >Reasonable Care<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/www.abclegaldocs.com\/blog-Colorado-Notary\/model-notary-act\/#National_Notary_Association_NNA\" >National Notary Association (NNA)<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/www.abclegaldocs.com\/blog-Colorado-Notary\/model-notary-act\/#Model_Notary_Act-2\" >Model Notary Act<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\" href=\"https:\/\/www.abclegaldocs.com\/blog-Colorado-Notary\/model-notary-act\/#Model_Notary_Act_Examples\" >Model Notary Act Examples<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Model_Notary_Act\"><\/span>Model Notary Act<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Colorado notaries must follow <strong>Colorado notary laws<\/strong> listed in the <strong>Colorado Notaries Public Act<\/strong>.\u00a0 Notary laws vary from state to state, but there are fundamentals of notary procedures that remain the same.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img decoding=\"async\"  class=\"alignleft\" src=\"data:image\/gif,GIF89a%01%00%01%00%80%00%00%00%00%00%FF%FF%FF%21%F9%04%01%00%00%00%00%2C%00%00%00%00%01%00%01%00%00%02%01D%00%3B\" data-layzr=\"https:\/\/abclegaldocs.com\/blog-Colorado-Notary\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/Colorado_Notary_Law_120x80.jpg\" alt=\"Colorado Notary Law\" width=\"120\" height=\"80\" \/>If a notary encounters a situation where Colorado law does not prescribe what to do, then the <strong>law is silent<\/strong>.\u00a0 In addition to statutes, there may be rules, regulations, state handbooks, training classes, legal opinions or court cases that may apply.<!--more--><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Reasonable_Care\"><\/span>Reasonable Care<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Beyond that, a notary is also required to use <strong>prudent<\/strong> and <strong>reasonable care<\/strong>\u00a0and follow notary <strong>best practices<\/strong>.\u00a0 There are several <strong>notary organizations<\/strong> that offer educational publications, newsletters, bulletins, forums, tips, webinars, training classes and conferences that can help notaries with <strong>continuing education<\/strong>.\u00a0 Most require annual <strong>membership<\/strong> dues.<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"National_Notary_Association_NNA\"><\/span>National Notary Association (NNA)<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The largest notary organization is the <strong>National Notary Association<\/strong> (<strong>NNA<\/strong>), based in California, with over 200,000 members.\u00a0 The NNA publishes many educational and reference books for notaries.\u00a0 One valuable reference book is the <strong>Model Notary Act<\/strong> of 2010.<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Model_Notary_Act-2\"><\/span>Model Notary Act<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Portions of the Model Notary Act have been adopted into law in a number of states.\u00a0 It includes <strong>model language<\/strong> that may be used by states when they are adding new notary laws, although many states choose to write their own laws, rather than use the model language.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The <strong>Colorado Secretary of State<\/strong> (<strong>SOS<\/strong>) refers to the Model Notary Act as a guide for situations when Colorado notary law is silent.\u00a0 The Model Notary Act was also used as a guidebook for notary best practices in the landmark <strong>Vancura case<\/strong> in Illinois, where a notary was found liable for <strong>negligence<\/strong> by failing to use <strong>reasonable care<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Notaries are <strong>ministerial officers<\/strong> that follow rules and industry best practices.\u00a0 Notaries do not have the <strong>discretion<\/strong> to invent <strong>new procedures<\/strong> that may conflict with established law and best practices. If a situation arises where the notary law and best practices are silent, the notary should seek guidance from the SOS or\u00a0<strong>legal advice<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Model_Notary_Act_Examples\"><\/span>Model Notary Act Examples<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Here are a few examples of topics where Colorado notary law is silent, but a model law or commentary is included in the Model Notary Act:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Correcting errors<\/strong> or omissions made by the notary<\/li>\n<li><strong>Charging fees<\/strong> for non-notarial services such as <strong>travel<\/strong>, <strong>courier<\/strong>, <strong>signing agent<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Discrimination<\/strong> based on race, age, gender, sexual orientation, religion, national origin, disability or status as a client or customer<\/li>\n<li><strong>Waiving fees<\/strong> or reducing fees for <strong>humanitarian<\/strong> or <strong>charitable<\/strong> reasons<\/li>\n<li><strong>Endorsements<\/strong> by notaries for a product, service, contest, candidate or other offerings<\/li>\n<li>Suggesting specific pre-printed <strong>legal forms<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Posting a <strong>fee schedule<\/strong>, agreeing to fees in advance<\/li>\n<li>Notary <strong>attempting to influence<\/strong> a person to sign, or not sign, a document, unless it is an unlawful transaction<\/li>\n<li>Performing notarial acts outside of the notary&#8217;s regular workplace or <strong>business hours<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Model Notary Act helps to promote, serve and <strong>protect the public interest<\/strong>, to clarify notary law, to foster <strong>ethical conduct<\/strong> among notaries, and serves as a <strong>reference guide<\/strong> for notary <strong>best practices<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Visit our website for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.abclegaldocs.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Colorado Springs Mobile Notary<\/strong><\/a> services or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.abclegaldocs.com\/Colorado_Notary_Training.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Colorado Notary Training<\/strong><\/a> classes.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u00a9 Copyright 2014 ABC Legal Docs, LLC All rights reserved. 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If a notary encounters a situation where Colorado law does not prescribe what to do, then the law is silent.\u00a0 In addition to statutes, there may be rules, regulations, state handbooks, training classes, legal opinions or court cases that may apply.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2520,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[362,17,401,176,162,259,250,175,322,400,94,185,402],"class_list":["post-252","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-notary-law","tag-best-practices","tag-colorado","tag-continuing-education","tag-fees","tag-legal-advice","tag-ministerial","tag-model-notary-act","tag-nna","tag-notary-law-2","tag-prudent","tag-reasonable-care","tag-sos","tag-vancura","has_thumb"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - 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