Can You Staple Loan Documents? Avoid this Common Mistake by Notary Signing Agents!

Hi, I'm Mark. I'm a notary public myself, also an owner of a nationwide signing service and I want to give you the notary signing agent tip of the week. Don't ever staple your loan docs. Now you can tell me is Mark, well what if I have a notary attachment? First thing I need to make you understand is when the loan docs get returned to escrow, they're putting it through a scanner so they can scan doc back to the lender or they're making copies so they can get them out to the recording. So bottom line is your loan docs, they take and throw it to a scanner machine. So whether you staple it or not, someone's going to unstable it. Now the best way to protect yourself as a notary is to ensure that your attachment has written on it what it's attached to. So at the bottom of it you put attached to deed of trust, attached to correction agreement, attached to quitclaim deed. It can protect you. There are some very good attachments out there that actually give more information on what your form is attached to. So it'd be like other signers date of document to really protect you in case the other pages get separated. No one can use your loose acknowledgment or loose jurat for fraudulent purposes. But you don't ever want to staple anything in your lo package. You're an educated notary public loan signing agent and you know those loan documents that you're signing are going through a scanner at some point. Whether it's the scan docs back to the lender, whether it is the escrow title company making copies of the lender deed or the mortgage or the deed of trust. So remember, don't ever save your documents and protect yourself on your loose leaf attachments by always writing down what they're attached to. Follow my channel for more tips and tricks. Just like this, it.