#412 - I Became a Notary, Now What Podcast

So again, if you're a new notary or thinking about becoming a notary, some of the common questions we get are, what's next after I get my commission? What's next? The main thing is you got to know what you're doing.

You have to know what you're doing.

We mean, what are your notarial duties? What does that look like? Are you just witnessing signatures? Are you administering oaths? Do you even know the difference between an acknowledgement and a jurat? You know, what can you do out there? You know, you need to know your state laws.

And then you also need to have some basic supplies.

What are some basic supplies, Jeffrey?

So the basic supplies would be, one, your notary stamp.

You also need, there's different types of stamps.

We can talk about that.

You need to have, depending on your state, in most cases, though, you want to have a journal,

okay?

You want to have pens, different colors, black, blue.

uh you have a notary bag so you can put all of those items there with you uh as you you want to have some form of a receipt book that's going to be helpful so that you can actually write something out and leave it with with your client so those are just some of the beginning things anything am i missing kimmy

no those are part of your duties too as a notary so a lot of times we think about just stamping the paper but actually building out the business piece like jeffrey is saying is also going to be so important so again you want to have your um your handbook for your state that's so important so you can know what you can do in your state Every state has a little bit different, just a wee bit different laws.

And I compare it to we're from up north.

We say pop, down south they say soda.

You mean the same thing.

So sometimes you got to read between the lines.

But all of these different things like this that you need to prepare you for your first appointment are what we discuss in our mentorship.

Also, and again, like Jeffrey already said, you got to make sure you have those supplies.

So the next thing we had, because we really want to make sure we have time for your questions.

So we'll give you our little snippet here.

If we have questions, we want to focus on those.

And then we'll come back over to some more tips that we actually had.

So again, if you're a new notary or thinking about becoming a notary, some of the common questions we get are, what's next after I get my commission? What's next? The main thing is you got to know what you're doing.

You have to know what you're doing.

We mean, what are your notarial duties? What does that look like? Are you just witnessing signatures? Are you administering oaths? Do you even know the difference between an acknowledgement and a jurat? You know, what can you do out there? You know, you need to know your state laws.

And then you also need to have some basic supplies.

What are some basic supplies, Jeffrey?

So the basic supplies would be, one, your notary stamp.

You also need, there's different types of stamps.

We can talk about that.

You need to have, depending on your state, in most cases, though, you want to have a journal,

okay?

You want to have pens, different colors, black, blue.

uh you have a notary bag so you can put all of those items there with you uh as you you want to have some form of a receipt book that's going to be helpful so that you can actually write something out and leave it with with your client so those are just some of the beginning things anything am i missing kimmy

no those are part of your duties too as a notary so a lot of times we think about just stamping the paper but actually building out the business piece like jeffrey is saying is also going to be so important so again you want to have your um your handbook for your state that's so important so you can know what you can do in your state Every state has a little bit different, just a wee bit different laws.

And I compare it to we're from up north.

We say pop, down south they say soda.

You mean the same thing.

So sometimes you got to read between the lines.

But all of these different things like this that you need to prepare you for your first appointment are what we discuss in our mentorship.

Also, and again, like Jeffrey already said, you got to make sure you have those supplies.

So the next thing we had, because we really want to make sure we have time for your questions.

So we'll give you our little snippet here.

If we have questions, we want to focus on those.

And then we'll come back over to some more tips that we actually had.