Notary publics are not by law allowed to turn down a notarization . . . but they sure can be fucking bitches when you ask them for one! And since I can’t say it to her face . . . FUCK YOU, YOU MISERABLE BITCH! My notary seal is a mushroom tattoo, and once I get licensed I’ll notarize your face you ignorant slob!
It’s a great life if you don’t weaken.
Fight the power!
Sure they can. Some notaries aren’t authorized to notarize vehicle title transfers, and all of them can ask for identification.
Sorry you’re having a bad Monday.
Sounds like someone has a case of the Mondays! 
Please refer to above post.
You know, if you’re not going to provide some detail, simple courtesy demands that you refer to the Pittee as a fuckwit…
I fully admit that maybe it’s just me, but neither this post nor the OP make much sense. I get you’re annoyed at some notary who had an attitude, but that’s about all I can figure out.
I recently had to get a document notarized stating that I agreed to a property transfer; when I checked with a currency exchange that did notarizations, they said they couldn’t handle it since it was over (some amount of money, I forget how much but it’s something like $1000 or $10,000) and they’re not insured/bonded/something for that. They suggested I check my bank, who did it without problems.
That’s all there is to figure out.
I was freshly certified as a notary public, and my new boss wanted me to notarize something for a client I had never seen before. The client had left his wallet back at his office, and my boss said that it didn’t matter, that he knew the client, and to go ahead and notarize it. I refused, as I had just taken the test which emphasized over and over not to notarize anything without (a) a good ID, or (b) knowing the signer personally. I had to accompany him back to his office to see his ID before I would notarize.
He was really pissed off, and my boss wasn’t pleased. However, the client was signing docs which had to do with the exchange of valuable real estate, and I wasn’t going to fudge anything and get my ass in jail.
Aw, c’mon and give us some more [del]ammunition[/del] details so we can [del]roast[/del] help you over this. 
You could start with “that would be ‘notaries public’ not ‘notary publics’” 
Or notably pubic.
Damn Rotarians!
I needed some paperwork notarized for work. A notary in the office whom I have known for years still insisted on my producing identification before she would notarize.
Good thinking. If there’s one thing that cons hate more than child molesters, it’s a notary public gone bad.
Wow. Who knew that notaries public talked trash and got in each other’s face?
In our next thread, a brawl breaks out at the CPA exam.
The OP is incorrect as to one material fact (notaries might decline to provide service for any of a number of reasons with no fear of the law), and one less-material fact (by and large, including in California, notaries are “commissioned” or “certified” rather than “licensed”), misleading as to another important detail (turns out his target didn’t decline to perform, so why bring that up? She was just, supposedly, a “f------ b-----”), and completely silent on the two points (what the heck she did to the OP, and why) that would allow anyone to judge the Pitting fairly. If an OP needed to notarize this Pitting, so far I’d be keeping my stamp in its box, and if he exhibited the same amount of forthrightness shown thus far, I’ll bet my attitude wouldn’t please him either.
And good for you, teela; I’ll bet you weren’t hired as a notary but once you became one your employer perked up at the idea of increasing his services to his clients. Does he pay you more? In any event, if he didn’t pay for your bond and isn’t covering your insurance, your notarial services should be entirely independent of him. Even if he did and is, the commission and its responsibility to obey the applicable law, belongs to you alone although in the latter case your boss will get sued right along with you, and he’s got the deeper pockets. Explain this to him sometime.
What exactly does this mean? A notary public is not allowed to turn away customers?
Well, er, not to infringe on your rant, but…this isn’t, strictly speaking, true. They can turn down a notarization if they don’t feel you have sufficient ID to prove that you are who you say you are.
They can refuse to notarize if they’d have a financial conflict of interest.
They can refuse to notarize if they think that the documents you’re presenting are incomplete.
They can refuse to notarize immigration documents if they’re aren’t properly qualifed and trained to do those.
They can refuse to authorize confidential marriages if the county clerk in the jurisdiction hasn’t authorized them to do so.
They can refuse to notarize your document if there’s a communication problem with you. If you don’t speak English, you’ll have to go home and get a translator, or find a notary who speaks your language.
It does, however, say that the notary’s duty is to perform notarizations at the request of the public, and one of the reason’s for having one’s commission revoked is failure to perform those duties “fully and faithfully” (section 8214.1) So I suppose if enough people complained to the Secretary of State that the FB refused to haul herself out of bed in order to go find her seal and notarize their bill of sale, then she’d (eventually) find herself out of a job.
So. Carry on. 
I blame the Ibogaine.
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