It also means lost business for notaries—charged with confirming your signature on official documents or ID cards, in order to prevent fraud— stuck in the labyrinth.
Surprised to hear this, Grode followed up with a supervisor at the notary association, who thought the rejection was unfounded but advised her to submit a second renewal application in any case.
Now Grode has to wait four to six weeks to see whether her application will be accepted by the state.
Last May, one of our friends started the process to become a notary so she could notarize a document at our wedding. The wedding was in August. She didn’t get her application approved until months after that. Glad to see this is getting some coverage. https://t.co/yHS1fkNJJY
— Amelia Thomson-DeVeaux (@ameliatd) July 5, 2018
I’ve done both and can confirm. https://t.co/9IPpq3LANR
— 𝑴𝒊𝒔𝒕𝒆𝒓𝑱𝒂𝒚𝑬𝒎 (@MisterJayEm) July 5, 2018
That may still sound like a bureaucratic nightmare, but Weisman says that over the next several years his office is looking to speed things up further: “We’re working on letting people file electronically for the certificate and setting up a kiosk at the clerk’s office.”
