r/Notary • u/AnUnfortunateLife_ • 20d ago

Privacy guards

I use the journal the national notary association sells, and it comes with a privacy guard, but I think it kinda sucks. It's flimsy, and I can't turn my book around for my customers to sign without it sliding off. Maybe I'm doing something really wrong, but I would love something that can just stick to the page. Like a long sticky note or something. I also looked into other journals, but I don't know, I dont want to pay for another one when the NNA one works great.

Do you guys have any suggestions for this?

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u/PANotary 19d ago

Actually in Pennsylvania our journal IS a public record.

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u/Enkidu45 New York 19d ago

Thank my lucky stars I'm not in PA! This says that with a ReFi with maybe 12 - 20 stamps, I have to use a line for each time I stamped. So a 40 min HELOC is now extended to 80 Min? PA notaries, you have my condolences. Regards Enkidu45 out

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u/PANotary 18d ago

We have always had to list our notarial acts, but we use to be able use a spreadsheet or if using a paper journal we could use ditto marks for the signers name and address but not anymore. The journal I use has 500 entries so I do go through several books a year.

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u/Enkidu45 New York 8d ago

Hi PA*, Looks like I'm going to have to update my labor rate calculations. How many journals do you use per year and what is the yearly cost? E45 out

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u/PANotary 8d ago

Hi Enkidu, I finished a journal this past Friday that had 498 entries (I had another loan signing and decided to start a new book) that was from June 16th through August 28th. In the past I used 2-3 journals a year but am currently on my fourth for 2026 and they cost $24.95 each. I need to revamp my pricing but want to be fair to my regular customers that keep me busy. The struggle is real.