This guy does not care about the WA law with regard to how to manage his notarial book. We paid him to notarize four documents and he did not write down the names of the documents in his book, AND he only stamped three of the four!
My brother and I live in different states so we have to send all documents by FedExp. The attorney handed me a pile of paper that I sent to my brother to have my mother sign and then ShontA was supposed to notarize.
However, when my brother returned the pile of documents, the attorney pointed out that the trust was signed by my mother, but not notarized!
When I call ShontA he admitted that he could not tell me the names of the documents he notarized because all he wrote down was "POA", which was only one of the four documents. The other documents included in the pile were two deeds and a trust. ShontA asked me to email a copy of the signed documents for him to review, which I did, and now he is refusing to notarize the trust that my mother signed in front of him!
I spoke with the WA Department of Licensing and an individual is allowed to identify their signature as their own, for purposes of obtaining a notarial seal on the document. But NO, ShontA isn't willing to do that, he is forcing my mother, who is now in a nursing home, to re-sign the exact document she signed in front of him before, AGAIN.
A notary simply verifies the "identity" of the individual. This is the second time ShontA has notarized documents signed by my mother. An individual can either sign in front of the notary, or declare that they previously signed a document and that the signature the notary is viewing is the signature of the person they are identifying.
This guy is playing games. He is just trying to make more money by pretending that my 93 y.o. mother has to sign in front of him again. He should just notarize the document that we ALREADY PAID TO HAVE NOTARIZED without any further hassle.
This was HIS mistake. Four signatures paid for, four signatures noted in his book, four signatures in his receipt account but only THREE documents notarized.
What a rip off and what a hassle.
Don't use this guy unless you want to pay more than is necessary and you want to repeat the process multiple times. read more
