Atlanta Notaries – Latest Notary Laws & News

08.03.15

New Mortgage Servicing Rules Proposed

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau recently proposed new mortgage servicing rules. Designed to protect homeowners, the proposal would require servicers to streamline processing loan modification requests, as well as prevent servicers from moving forward on foreclosures until decisions on those possible modifications are made. The likely consequence of this proposal […]

Notarizing for Representative Signers

In some situations, a person is unable to make decisions or sign documents for themselves. As a result, the person would appoint another individual to perform these tasks on his or her behalf. This authority is usually transferred through a document called a “power of attorney” from the person bestowing […]

Lenders using notaries and notary publics as signing agents must comply with a new Georgia law effective July 1, 2012

Please be advised that Georgia SB 365 becomes effective July 1, 2012. The law amends Code Section 44-14-13 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated relating to the disbursement of settlement proceeds in the closing of residential real estate transactions. For all purchase money and refinance transactions, only a lender […]