Posted by Terri - CA on December 5, 2007, 1:54 pm, in reply to "Re: More Requirements for ALL California Notary Applicants"
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If I were in your shoes, I would call the SOS and ask them who, what, where, do you submit that information so as not to delay the rewewal of your commission any longer than necessary.
In addition, I wouldn't have asked CPS the question, since clearly, as you state, it wasn't required at the time you took the test. However, they've already done their job, so I wouldn't have called them at all. This is a SOS issue, call them.
Waiting for the SOS to send you notification of the requirement to submit livescan and photos will definitely cause a delay of receipt of your new commission. And I would suspect, your current one expiring before your new commission arrived.
Terri
Lancaster, CA
--Previous Message--
: I'm in the same boat as you, here in San
: Jose, CA. My commission expires
: 2-3-08. I will wait for the letter
: from the SOS for renewal instructions.
: If they need me to submit a photo and
: get fingerprints on top of filing a
: new oath and bond, I will comply at
: that time.
:
: Any time new law changes take place,
: there seems to be some confusion. I
: will make sure I'm using the new Jurat
: and ACK, but other than that I'll do a
: wait and see.
:
: I'm just hoping I don't have a lapse
: in between. I did take the test a
: little late on October 27th. They say
: at least 16 weeks in advance. It's
: going to be tight.
:
: --Previous Message--
: Hi, Joan (and others): I can't seem
: to
: get my point across, so I'll try
: again, hoping some other January
: renewing notary in the same boat as I
: am might respond: When we started the
: renewal process earlier this year, the
: new legislation that now applies to
: all 2008 notaries WAS NOT EVEN PASSED.
: We were operating under the old rules.
:
: In other words, the rules changed for
: us midstream. More bewildering, CPS
: was never notified, either. CPS took
: our applications without any mention
: of photos and just recently sent us
: test-result letters saying we did NOT
: need new fingerprints.
:
: I called CPS and they told me they
: still have not been notifed by SOS of
: any changes to anything and that it is
: up to the approved classes to tell
: notaries to provide photos and that
: they need fingerprints. But no class
: told us about any of this because we
: took classes and tests just before the
: new laws were passed.
:
: Also, CPS said that even now they
: aren't collecting photos at test sites
: to send in with the apps. CPS also
: told me they will continue to send
: letters throughout Dec. saying
: notaries DON'T need new fingerprints
: because the SOS told them they
: couldn't change that part in the
: live-scan letter until next year.
:
: January notaries and probably Feb. and
: March ones - now will have to play
: catch-up, it appears. But I haven't
: received a letter from the SOS telling
: me that the old renewal rules we were
: following at the time were just that
: - old - and that they need more stuff
: from us.
:
: So, all I'd like to know is if any
: others who read this board have
: received letters from the SOS about
: this cos I'm worried about a lapse
: before the SOS can get all this worked
: out.
:
: As far as the cost of fingerprinting,
: I may have spoken too soon. This is
: what I paid four years ago. Still, the
: base price is $32 PLUS whatever
: rolling fee the vendor charges. As I
: recall, I got a tip that this little
: sheriff's substation down the road did
: it for less, so that's where I went.
: The price has probably gone up like
: everything else, but when I find out
: I'll report back. (Costs will apply to
: NorCal, not SoCal, where everything is
: more expensive anyway.) Also, the
: convenience of getting fingerprinting
: and photos during a class is worth
: whatever price. I was trying to help
: notaries like me who now have to
: scramble to get this done.
:
:
:
Terri
Lancaster, CA
CA Notary Exam Instructor
