Posted by NCNotary on May 14, 2009, 6:16 pm, in reply to "Re: "Attorney Only" may be in jeopardy"
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Thanks for explaining! 
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: Could you explain this in
: kindergarten
: terms what this means?
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: It means, the way I read it, is that
: performing "witness only
: closings" (that's what the
: signing agents job is often called) is
: not the 'practice of law' the way the
: Massachusetts Bar Association and the
: MA Real Estate Bar Association define
: "UPL". In other words,
: notary signing agents hired by NREIS
: to do "witness only
: closings" were not guilty of UPL
: because the way the MA code was
: written, it unfairly impacts
: interstate commerce.
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: Whether or not the UPL wording in
: "attorney only states" will
: be reworded and continue to restrict
: NSAs from doing signings, or the UPL
: rulings and statutes currently in
: place will be deleted, allowing NSAs
: to do signings in those states that
: are currently restricted, is open for
: discussion. The legal process to
: change existing laws, statutes and
: orders can take years. But this court
: ruling is a start in getting states
: like MA and SC and GA to re-think
: their rulings about notary signings.
: This post is strictly the opinion of
: the author
: and may not reflect the opinion of the
: management nor of any other user of
: this forum.
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: I am not an attorney licensed to
: practice law in the State of Florida,
: and I may not give legal advice or
: accept fees for legal advice.
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