by Jeanine | Feb 7, 2018 | Abstracting/Searching, Closing, County Recorder Education, Education, Fraud, Industry News, Licensing, Online Education, Quality, Teaching Tools for Education
I have always been concerned about what and how we help learners. Do we teach them “by the book,” using specific outlines that are given, or do we consider real life situations when providing educational training. I’ve always thought there was a gap....
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...
by Jeanne | Feb 2, 2016 | Abstracting/Searching, Education, Government Oversite, Industry News, Insurance, Land Title Technical Stuff, Licensing, Online Education, Public Records
It has been a long time since I have seen information from Commerce on the Licensing requirements for Abstracters, and I was pleased to see their latest bulletin. While I know there is no education requirement, the content is significant and requires a good working...
by Jeanne | Jun 29, 2015 | CFPB, Closing, Education, Government Oversite, Industry News, Licensing, Mobile Notaries, Notaries, Online Education, Real Estate Law, Title Insurance
The Minnesota Department of Commerce Enforcement Division is reminding mobile notaries who explain mortgage documents, notarize deeds, collect funds and handle other tasks incidental to closing, that they are required by Minnesota Law to obtain a Closing Agent...
by Jeanne | Jun 15, 2015 | Affiliated Title businesses, Closing, Education, Land Title Technical Stuff, Licensing, Mobile Notaries, Notaries, Online Education
Minnesota is sending out Enforcement Notices to Mobile Notaries reminding them that under Minnesota Law, those who notarize deeds, mortgages, affidavits and other documents to assist a party in buying or selling real estate in Minnesota are required to have a...
by Jeanne | Mar 26, 2015 | Abstracting/Searching, County Recorder Education, Education, Industry News, Land Title Technical Stuff, Online Education, Quality, Real Estate Law, Recording of Legal Documents, Title Insurance
A post from Thomas Pryde’s Blog, re-printed with his permission. The prevailing view among some industry leaders seems to be that the independent abstractor is a dying breed, the last vestige of an ancient way of doing business. This is attributed to the...
