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NJNA Member Hotline
New NJNA Member Assistance Line The New Jersey Notary Association has established a dedicated phone line for NJNA members who need help with notarizations or questions about New Jersey notary practice. This number is also provided directly to New Jersey legislators and government offices so they can reach us quickly when questions arise regarding notarial law, education, or compliance matters. Calls to this line receive priority response, meaning messages left here will typically be returned much faster than calls placed to our standard office phone line. Important details • Calls to this line receive preferential response priority • The number is reserved for NJNA members and government officials • The number will not be published on our website • We strongly recommend saving the number in your phone If your question involves a document, you may take a clear photo and text it to this number along with your name and a short explanation. This helps us review the situation more quickly. Specific details of calls, messages, and submitted documents are treated as confidential and will not be shared. Generalized details may be published to the "Ask NJNA" thread, if the question and answer may be beneficial to other members. If published, names and/or client details will NOT be included. NJNA Member Assistance Line 856-425-2650 Tap the contact card below to save the number directly to your phone.
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SIGN THE PETITION: We Need to Talk About What's Really Going On
VIEW THE REPORT------------> Click here! SIGN THE PETITION---------> Click here! Fellow Notaries, I'm writing this post not as President of NJNA, but as one notary to another. And I need to be direct with you about something that's been weighing on me for months. You've come to know me through my activism and the collosal amount of work it took to create NJNA. You know I've been doing this for over twenty years. You know I don't sound alarms lightly. So please hear me when I say this: THE STATE IS FAILING US. AND MORE IMPORTANTLY, THEY'RE FAILING THE PUBLIC. WHAT I'VE FOUND: Over the past several months, I've been digging into how the state implemented the 2021 notary law, the one that promised six hours of education and a meaningful exam. Here's what I found: THE EDUCATION: The state's primary educational offering is a series of online videos. I timed them. All of them. 45 minutes and 7 seconds. That's it. That's what the State of New Jersey provides to satisfy a six hour mandate. We get 12.5 percent of what we were promised. And what's in those 45 minutes? Statutory definitions. Lists of requirements. Words read aloud from a screen. There's no practical instruction. No how to guidance. No scripts. No instruction on handling difficult situations. THE EXAM: The law requires an examination "to determine the fitness" of applicants. That's the actual language. What did the state implement? An open book test. Online. No proctoring. No identity verification. No lockdown browser. And here's the part that kept me up at night: the full exam questions and answers are publicly available online. Anyone can find them. Anyone can pass without knowing a thing. An applicant could: - Watch none of the videos - Read none of the manual - Find the answers online - Pass the exam - Receive a commission - Perform notarizations on real documents
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NJNA Community Guidelines
“Reposing special trust and confidence in your integrity.” These are the words that appear on every New Jersey Notary Public Commission Certificate and defines the standard of conduct expected of a New Jersey Notary Public. It is also the foundation of the New Jersey Notary Association community. Participation in the NJNA community is an extension of your role as a trusted public official. Members are expected to uphold professionalism, integrity, impartiality, and respect at all times. By engaging in the NJNA community, members agree to the guidelines published below. Thank you. TEAM NJNA
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ASK NJNA: Correcting a NJ Notary Stamp
SCENARIO: A New Jersey Notary Public's commission is expiring. The notary obtains a renewal commission and takes the oath of office. The notary has not yet received or obtained an updated Notary Stamp (seal) bearing the new commission expiration date. The notary continues to notarize documents using the old stamp with the now-expired expiration date. The notary strikes through the expired date and hand-writes the updated commission expiration date. NJNA DETERMINATION: This is not an allowable practice. The act of crossing out an old commission expiration date on a notarial stamp and handwriting a new one is not permitted under New Jersey law. This practice violates the statutory requirements for an official notary stamp and undermines the integrity of the notarial act. The specific legal mandates are found in both the New Jersey Revised Statutes and the New Jersey Administrative Code. 1. THE STATUTE REQUIRES THE EXPIRATION DATE TO BE PART OF THE OFFICIAL STAMP New Jersey law explicitly requires that the commission expiration date be a physical component of the official stamp itself, not a notation added later. The primary statute governing this, N.J.S.A. 52:7-10.5, states unequivocally: "The official stamp of a notary public shall: (1) include the name of the notary public, the title 'Notary Public, State of New Jersey,' and the notary public's commission expiration date; and (2) be capable of being copied together with the record to which it is affixed or attached or with which it is logically associated." The key word in this statute is "include." The expiration date must be part of the stamp's pre-designed, permanent impression. A handwritten alteration is not part of the official stamp and therefore fails to meet this requirement. 2. THE ADMIN CODE REINFORCED THE REQUIREMENT The requirement is further reinforced by the New Jersey Administrative Code. N.J.A.C. 17:50-1.8(g) repeats the mandate from the statute, stating: "The official stamp of a notary public shall: 1. Include the name of the notary public, the title 'Notary Public, State of New Jersey,' and the notary public's commission expiration date; and 2. Be capable of being copied together with the record to which it is affixed or attached or with which it is logically associated."
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NJNA needs your help.
We have completed a comprehensive report on the status of state issued notary education in New Jersey. These reports are being prepared for delivery to the State Treasurer, the Notary Public Unit, the legislators who sponsored the 2021 notary education law, and all twenty one county clerks. The reports are printed and nearly ready to go. Mailing them statewide will be expensive, and funding is running a bit low. Here are three simple ways you can help support this effort: 1. Tell your notary colleagues about the New Jersey Notary Association and encourage them to join. Membership is $35 per year and provides full access to our video course library with nearly seven hours of New Jersey specific notary education. 2. Purchase your copy of Garden State Notary. NJNA members have access to a special pricing link located on the Classroom tab. 3. Members may also make a tax deductible contribution to the NJNA Foundation, our registered 501(c)(3) charitable organization dedicated to notarial education and public awareness. See NJNA website to donate. Thanks friends. We appreciate your support of NJNA and your fellow NJ Notaries Public. Patrick
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