{"id":7331,"date":"2019-07-29T21:49:44","date_gmt":"2019-07-30T03:49:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abclegaldocs.com\/blog-Colorado-Notary\/?p=7331"},"modified":"2024-04-24T15:20:22","modified_gmt":"2024-04-24T21:20:22","slug":"professor-closens-notary-best-practices-guide-book","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.abclegaldocs.com\/blog-Colorado-Notary\/professor-closens-notary-best-practices-guide-book\/","title":{"rendered":"Professor Closen&#8217;s Notary Best Practices Guide Book"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 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-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.abclegaldocs.com\/blog-Colorado-Notary\/professor-closens-notary-best-practices-guide-book\/#Professor_Closens_Notary_Best_Practices_Guide_Book\" >Professor Closen&#8217;s Notary Best Practices Guide Book<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/www.abclegaldocs.com\/blog-Colorado-Notary\/professor-closens-notary-best-practices-guide-book\/#Notary_Best_Practices_Standards\" >Notary Best Practices Standards<\/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\/professor-closens-notary-best-practices-guide-book\/#List_of_Chapters_Best_Practices_Guide_Book\" >List of Chapters, Best Practices Guide Book<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Professor_Closens_Notary_Best_Practices_Guide_Book\"><\/span><img decoding=\"async\"  class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-7333\" 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\/notary-best-practices-Closen-320x200.jpg\" alt=\"notary best practices Closen\" width=\"320\" height=\"200\" \/>Professor Closen&#8217;s Notary Best Practices Guide Book<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Professor Closen&#8217;s Notary Best Practices: <em>Expert&#8217;s Guide to Notarization of Documents<\/em><\/strong>, $29, is an excellent 490-page, 6&#8243; W x 9&#8243; H, desktop <strong>reference book<\/strong> for notaries.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Michael Closen<\/strong> is Professor Emeritus from <strong>John Marshall Law School<\/strong>, has written many books and professional articles on <strong>notary law<\/strong> and has served as a subject matter authority, consultant and <strong>expert witness<\/strong> on notary law in <strong>court<\/strong> cases.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Notary Best Practices<\/strong> was published in 2018 by the <strong>National Notary Association\u00ae<\/strong> (<strong>NNA\u00ae<\/strong>) and serves as a professional guide book for notaries when state notary laws (<strong>statutes<\/strong>) are silent or vague. Notary laws vary by state and cannot cover every possible situation that a notary may encounter.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">As a <strong>ministerial public official<\/strong>, a notary has a duty of office to know and follow state notary laws. When the statutes are silent, the notary has a <strong>common law<\/strong> duty to exercise <strong>reasonable care<\/strong>, or a high degree of care at times, which includes following notary <strong>best practices<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><!--more--><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Notary_Best_Practices_Standards\"><\/span><strong>Notary Best Practices Standards<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">This valuable reference book defines more than 230 best-practice standards for notaries, organized into 30 chapters. The best practices included in this book tell notaries [1] what to do, [2] how to do it, and [3] why to do it.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">A best practice is generally accepted as proper by the great majority of expert practitioners and <strong>notary regulators<\/strong>, persisting over time, and representing the most <strong>reasonable<\/strong> and <strong>prudent<\/strong> approach to a notarial issue.\u00a0 Courts often use best-practice standards to fill gaps in state notary laws and rules when rendering legal decisions.<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"List_of_Chapters_Best_Practices_Guide_Book\"><\/span>List of Chapters, Best Practices Guide Book<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<ol style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li>Notary Qualifications<\/li>\n<li>Notary Jurisdiction and Venue<\/li>\n<li>Notary Advertising<\/li>\n<li>Acknowledgment Notarizations<\/li>\n<li>Jurat (Verification on Oath or Affirmation) Notarizations<\/li>\n<li>Signature Witnessing Notarizations<\/li>\n<li>Notary&#8217;s Certificate of Notarization<\/li>\n<li>Notary&#8217;s Official Seal<\/li>\n<li>Personal Presence Requirement for Document Signers at Notarizations<\/li>\n<li>Identifying Document Signers<\/li>\n<li>Name and Signature Requirements for Document Signers and Notaries<\/li>\n<li>Notary as Public Official, Not a Lay Witness<\/li>\n<li>Assessing Document Signer Mental Competence<\/li>\n<li>Assessing Document Signer Willingness<\/li>\n<li>Oaths and Affirmations for Jurat (Verification) Notarizations<\/li>\n<li>Signing by Mark and Physical Disabilities Affecting Signing<\/li>\n<li>Notary Journal Records<\/li>\n<li>Document Signer Confidentiality and Privacy<\/li>\n<li>Notary Ethics and Avoiding Conflicts of Interest<\/li>\n<li>The Savvy Notary and Avoiding Liability<\/li>\n<li>When Notary Statutes and Regulations are Silent<\/li>\n<li>Notary Discipline and Commission Expiration and Renewal<\/li>\n<li>Notary Bonds and Liability Insurance<\/li>\n<li>Proper Roles of Notary-Employees and Their Employers<\/li>\n<li>Attorneys, Notary-Attorneys and Conflicts of Interest<\/li>\n<li>Avoiding the Notary&#8217;s Unauthorized Practice of Law (UPL)<\/li>\n<li>Interstate and International Recognition of Notarial Acts<\/li>\n<li>Notary Fees and Travel Costs<\/li>\n<li>Notary Membership Organizations<\/li>\n<li>Notary Continuing Education<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Note: The book does not cover electronic documents, electronic notarizations or electronic notary journals.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Notaries must follow state notary laws and rules and can reduce <strong>liability<\/strong> risk by using <strong>reasonable care<\/strong> and following the notary best practices explained in this book.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Visit our website for\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.abclegaldocs.com\/blog-Colorado-Notary\/mobile-notary\/\">Colorado Springs Mobile Notary<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0services or\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.abclegaldocs.com\/blog-Colorado-Notary\/colorado-notary-training\/\">Colorado Notary Training<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong>classes.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u00a9 Copyright 2019 ABC Legal Docs, LLC All rights reserved. Do not copy. Citations welcome. Terms of Use apply.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Professor Closen&#8217;s Notary Best Practices Guide Book Professor Closen&#8217;s Notary Best Practices: Expert&#8217;s Guide to Notarization of Documents, $29, is an excellent 490-page, 6&#8243; W x 9&#8243; H, desktop reference book for notaries. Michael Closen is Professor Emeritus from John Marshall Law School, has written many books and professional articles on notary law and has served as a subject matter authority, consultant and expert witness on notary law in court cases. Notary Best Practices was published in 2018 by the National Notary Association\u00ae (NNA\u00ae) and serves as a professional guide book for notaries when state notary laws (statutes) are silent <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":7333,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[8,12,1093],"tags":[49,484,352,2801,213,39,1444,175,2800,322,48,2507,400,94,2802],"class_list":["post-7331","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-how-to","category-notary-law","category-product-review","tag-affirmation","tag-common-law","tag-court","tag-experts-guide","tag-journal","tag-liability","tag-michael-closen","tag-nna","tag-notary-best-practices","tag-notary-law-2","tag-oath","tag-professor","tag-prudent","tag-reasonable-care","tag-reference-book","has_thumb"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.0 - 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