Stormy Daniels signed a document regarding being paid $130,000 in hush money before the 2016 election. A Texas Notary named Erica Jackson notarized that non-disclosure agreement document concerning the money. But, the State of Texas terminated her Notary commission as a result. The Notary claims she did nothing wrong, yet got canned anyway?
However, the plot thickens. After I watched a video about what had happened, there was a stamp on the signature page, but no notarial certificate verbiage and no notary signature. The notary claimed that the Acknowledgment page which was the third page (that was no longer attached) that stated who was being notarized, etc., was omitted.
Additionally, there was an accusation that the Notary notarized without a signature of the Notary, but the Notary claims that she signed on other pages which were attached.
There was also journal record for the corresponding document, and the journal seemed to have been filled out correctly.
Jeremy’s Comments
If you are a Notary Public, it is quite likely that you could end up on the 6pm national news. So please take your job a little more seriously and get rid of this “I already know it all” attitude, as it is that attitude which prevents you from learning.
This Notary did several things wrong.
1. She stamped the signature page with her Notary seal but omitted Acknowledgment and/or Jurat certificate verbiage. She also omitted a Notary signature to accompany her notary seal which is illegal and she should be terminated if that was the case. It is hard to see what actually happened when you have an inconclusive video.
2. She attached a certificate that was to constitute page three, but that page three ended up missing. Your stamp can not be on page two when the certificate wording is on page three. Those legally have to be on the same page. If the stamp had been on page three where it was supposed to be, she wouldn’t be in a world of trouble.
3. I originally thought (because I prejudged the situation) that the Notary was in trouble because of her association with some dirty business. That was how her improper notarization was discovered, but not why she got in trouble. Interesting in any case.
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http://blog.123notary.com/?p=21315
So, if the notary verbage is not there, which we Sometimes see on Some loan documents, acknowledgements, should we hand write it in?
Comment by betty — September 12, 2019 @ 2:04 pm
I have seen a goodly number of Loan docs where the provider has put the venue & Acknowledgment wording way at the bottom of one page and then put a line for the notary’s signature way at the top of the next page…thereby splitting it into 2 ‘wrong’ parts. I just ignore that 2nd page & sign & stamp the page with the Cert. (which sometimes looks squeezed in, but…oh, well). Receiving party has never complained or even commented about the way I handled it.
Comment by Lee-AR — October 31, 2019 @ 10:14 pm