We are Here to Support Notaries During the COVID-19 Pandemic
The American Association of Notaries is making it a top priority to keep the employees, members, and notaries we serve safe during the COVID-19 crisis. We are being as proactive as possible by enforcing the health and safety guidelines prescribed by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to stop the spread of the coronavirus.
The American Association of Notaries and its employees are committed to seamlessly providing you with the service and support you need. We want to assure you that we are fully stocked with notary supplies and are processing notary applications at the same speed as before the pandemic.
However, we have temporarily limited operations to essential staff in our warehouse to avoid crowding and to ensure fulfillment and delivery of notary supply orders with minimal interruption. We have also asked our administrative and customer service staff who wish to work from home to do so. Furthermore, we've trained our employees to adhere to recommended hygiene and social distancing practices, and we've increased janitorial services to preserve a clean, healthy work environment to prevent the coronavirus from spreading. PLEASE be reassured that YOUR HEALTH IS OUR TOP PRIORITY here at the American Association of Notaries. Our coronavirus prevention efforts consist of:
1- Requiring employees to keep a minimum of six feet distance between
each other
2- Requiring employees to frequently wash their hands throughout
their work schedule
3- Reminding employees not to touch their faces
4- Requiring employees to use a non-contact method for greetings
5- Encouraging employees to use respiratory etiquette by covering
their mouths when coughing or sneezing
6- Requiring employees to perform routine cleaning and disinfecting
of high-touch surfaces, equipment, workplaces, tables, desks,
doorknobs, etc.
7- Discouraging employees from using other employees' phones, desks,
offices, equipment, or other work tools, whenever possible
8- Encouraging our sick employees to stay home
9- Maintaining regular housekeeping and disinfecting the work
environment by using cleaning products with EPA-approved
chemicals
10- Screening the health of our suppliers, employees and products
11- Taking measures to avoid crowding and traveling
12- Encouraging notaries to use our online services
Although our customers may be on self-quarantine, that doesn't mean the American Association of Notaries cannot stay connected and continue to provide excellent services to our members and the notaries we serve. We encourage our members and notaries to shop on our websites for notarial supplies, notary bonds, and notary errors and omissions insurance. In this digital and technological world, the American Association of Notaries has plenty of digital channels and avenues to stay connected with our members and notaries through this pandemic.
During this coronavirus crises, the American Association of Notaries may be hindered in its ability to process certain requests and demands. This is because many of the offices of the states' commissioning authorities may be: (1) closed during the national emergency declaration period; (2) operating only with limited essential employees; (3) opened only during certain limited hours; (4) accepting and processing only certain business and public filings; or (5) restricted to processing only certain business and public online filings. The American Association of Notaries will keep you updated on what services are unavailable for notaries during this pandemic.
In addition, the coronavirus pandemic is impacting the operation of the state legislatures. Many have either postponed activity or adjourned early, and those that have remained in session have restricted public access to the states' capitol buildings and legislative office buildings. The American Association of Notaries will provide notaries with regular updates of enacted legislative bills affecting notaries in their states.
Lastly, the American Association of Notaries encourages those notaries who have notary businesses and/or are employees to study the information posted on the U.S. Chamber of Commerce's website. The U.S. Chamber of Commerce has compiled the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recommendations for businesses and employees across the country. In addition, the website:
1- provides data-based guidance from the CDC and state and local
officials;
2- allows you to download the CDC's Coronavirus Response Toolkit;
3- lists the preventive measures prescribed by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention;
4- helps American businesses respond to the coronavirus so they can
support their employees, customers, and communities; and
5- provides solutions and recommendations for the success of a growing
business.
The American Association of Notaries has been serving notaries since 1994. Notaries play an essential role in the functioning of our legal and financial systems. The country needs notaries public more than ever to notarize loan applications, refinance documents, wills, and POAs. The American Association of Notaries will work every day to help our country's notaries and notary businesses survive this pandemic. Our goal is to ensure that you come out rock-solid and unshakable. Please stay safe. God bless you and God bless the USA.
Legal Disclaimer: The American Association of Notaries seeks to provide timely articles for notaries to assist them with information for managing their notary businesses, enhancing their notary education, and securing their notary stamp and notary supplies. Every effort is made to provide accurate and complete information in the American Association of Notaries newsletters. However, we make no warrant, expressed or implied, and we do not represent, undertake, or guarantee that the information in the newsletter is correct, accurate, complete, or non-misleading. Information in this article is not intended as legal advice. We are not attorneys. We do not pretend to be attorneys. Though we will sometimes provide information regarding notaries' best practices, federal laws and statutes, and the laws and statutes of each state, we have gathered this information from a variety of sources and do not warrant its accuracy. In no event shall the American Association of Notaries, its employees, or contractors be liable to you for any claims, penalties, loss, damage, or expenses, howsoever arising, including, and without limitation, direct or indirect loss or consequential loss out of or in connection with the use of the information contained in the American Association of Notaries newsletters. It is your responsibility to know the appropriate notary laws governing your state. Notaries are advised to seek the advice of their states' notary authorities or attorneys in their state if they have legal questions. If a section of this disclaimer is determined by any court or other competent authority to be unlawful and/or unenforceable, the other sections of this disclaimer continue in effect.
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