NOTARY JOURNAL FOR CALIFORNIA: A Notary Public's Comprehensive Quick-Fill 250-Entry Log Book / Register of Official Notarial Acts & Records

NOTARY JOURNAL FOR CALIFORNIA: A Notary Public's Comprehensive Quick-Fill 250-Entry Log Book / Register of Official Notarial Acts & Records

➖➖➖➖➖ <b>ADVANTAGES of this INNOVATIVE, NEW CALIFORNIA JOURNAL</b> ➖➖➖➖➖<br>✅ <b>EFFICIENCY</b> ... <u>notarize faster</u> and <u>write less</u> longhand (~105 quick-fill checkboxes & circling)<br>✅ <b>ACCURACY</b> … capture all data via <u>pre-printed text</u> prompts in <u>data-dedicated spaces</u><br>✅ <b>VALUE</b> … <u>low price-per-entry</u>; orderly quick-fill format facilitates <u>more notarizations per day</u><br>✅ <b>SPACE</b> … <u>ample well-proportioned data-dedicated spaces</u> in <u>landscape half-page entry</u><br>     <i>[no more cramming, writing across a book binding, or dual-page entries to copy for copy requests]</i><br>✅ <b>ORDER</b> … methodically log data in <u>4 intuitive tabs</u>: Notarial Service; Document; Signer; Witness<br>✅ <b>THOROUGH</b> … smart <u>state-of-the-art entry</u> easily accommodates most signing situations<br>✅ <b>FEES</b> … <u>separately track</u> the <u>notary service fee</u> from related <u>administrative charges</u><br>     <i>[e.g. mileage reimbursement, travel time, rush, waiting time, cancellation & copy costs]</i><br>✅ <b>CONVENIENCE</b> … <u>outside-edge fingerprint & signature boxes</u>; accepts inkless fingerprint pads<br>✅ <b>CONFIDENTIALITY</b> … <u>half-page (2-per-page) landscape entry</u> simplifies data privacy<br>✅ <b>TRANSPARENCY</b> … evaluate journal <u>entry clearly displayed online</u><br>     <i>[no more rolling the dice on journals that show blurry or no sample entry at all]</i><br><br>⭐ <b>see “Look Inside” images above</b> (via laptop/desktop only) for <b>sample entry & more</b> ⭐ <br>(fyi, Amazon is unable to <u>display</u> my book images <u>upright online</u>, but the <u>book prints perfectly</u>)<br><br>➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖<br>Notaries protect the PUBLIC from identity theft and other fraud <b>. . . but NOTARIES deserve protection too</b>.  Aside from continuing study, the <u>most valuable tool we notaries have to protect ourselves from liability is the <b>NOTARY JOURNAL</b> we choose</u>.  Each journal entry is an <i>official business record</i> that chronicles the facts of the notarized document . . . <u>but a journal entry that also thoroughly evidences the <b>notary’s PROTOCOL</b> better protects the notary.</u><br><br>My goal? ... create the most <b>COMPREHENSIVE</b> yet <b>EFFICIENT, SPACIOUS, WELL-ORGANIZED, QUICK-FILL SINGLE-PAGE journal entry</b> with <b>PROTOCOL checkboxes</b>:<br>■ signer's <u>mental capacity</u>, <u>voluntary participation</u> & <u>proper ID</u><br>■ notary's <u>personal knowledge</u> of credible witness (or lack thereof)<br>■ <u>oath/affirmation</u> given to signer or credible witness<br>■ advance notice of <u> administrative charges</u><br>➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖<br><br><b>Quick-fill designed <u>exclusively for CALIFORNIA</u> notaries & Notary Signing Agents</b><br>&#128681 affirmative STATEMENT of "satisfactory evidence" (most journals ignore this CA mandate)<br>&#128681 dedicated space for signer and TWO credible witnesses<br>&#128681 excludes notary's personal knowledge of signer (prohibited)<br>&#128681 7 California-permissible notarial acts<br> &#128681 35 document types<br> &#128681 7 types of signer ID<br><br>✦ 250 entries (2 per page) in landscape orientation (opens upward like calendar)<br>     other sizes: 100-entry (brown cover); 480-entry (blue); 640-entry (gray)<br>✦ informative journal usage samples & diagrams<br>✦ notary’s contact, commission, insurance, bond & journal info page<br>✦ journal preservation (filled book) versus archiving (notary’s incapacity or death) instruction area<br>✦ 11" x 8.5" softbound book; 148 black & white pages