by Jeanne | Oct 18, 2020 | Closing, County Recorder Education, Education, FNMA /Fannie Mae, Government Oversite, Industry News, Mobile Notaries, mortgage, Notaries, Online Education, Property Records Industry Assoc PRIA, Public Records, Real Estate Law, Recording of Legal Documents, Signing Agents, Teaching Tools for Education, Technology
On October 15th, 2020 the MN House and Senate passed House File 15 allowing Remote Ink-signed Notarization. Generally that means a Notary can send documents to the signer/s and make an appointment to Identify the signers with appropriate ID on the screen and audio,...
by Jeanne | Sep 21, 2020 | BLM, Closing, Diversity, Education, Industry News, Mobile Notaries, Notaries, Signing Agents
Digital mortgage platforms have the potential to reduce discrimination. But automated systems provide rich opportunities to perpetuate bias, too. Great article from the New York TimesNew York Times Article that discusses online lending, quickly taking hold in the...
by Jeanne | Sep 14, 2020 | BLM, Closing, Education, FHA/HUD, Mobile Notaries, mortgage, Signing Agents
What is a Minnesota Closing Agent? Minnesota is one of the states that requires closers and signing agents to be licensed. Why? Because closers have access to private information given by consumers to lenders to obtain a mortgage (addresses, Dates of Birth, SSNs,...
by Jeanne | Aug 20, 2020 | Closing, Education, Government Oversite, Industry News, Minnesota Land Title Association, Mobile Notaries, mortgage, Must Read and See, Notaries, Public Records, Real Estate Law, Recording of Legal Documents
New bill for Closers, introduced in the MN Legislature on July 20th entitled “REAL ESTATE DOCUMENT NOTARIZATION; APPEARANCE BY VIDEO AUTHORIZATION DURING PEACETIME PUBLIC HEALTH EMERGENCY.” This important bill for Closing Agents was introduced by the MN land Title...
by Jeanne | Jun 10, 2020 | Education, Minnesota Land Title Association, Mobile Notaries, Notaries, Online Education, Property Records Industry Assoc PRIA, Public Records, Ticor Title
The Minnesota Legislature approved Remote Online Notarization last year. The law has not yet been implemented, generally due to the inability for lenders, title insurers and county recorders/registrars to get on the same page with the technology. And there are some...
by Jeanine | Feb 5, 2018 | ALTA, Closing, County Recorder Education, Education, Fraud, GIS, Government Oversite, Industry News, Land Title Technical Stuff, Licensing, Mobile Notaries, mortgage, NAR National Assoc of Realtors, Notaries, Online Education, Property Records Industry Assoc PRIA, Public Records, Teaching Tools for Education, Technology, Title Insurance, Title Technology
E-Notarization has been here for some time. Effective July 1, 2006, the Minnesota Legislature enacted electronic notary legislation pursuant to Minnesota Statutes 358 and 359, allowing electronic notarization to be applied to a document so that the document can be...