We have completed a comprehensive report on the status of state issued notary education in New Jersey. These reports are being prepared for delivery to the State Treasurer, the Notary Public Unit, the legislators who sponsored the 2021 notary education law, and all twenty one county clerks. The reports are printed and nearly ready to go. Mailing them statewide will be expensive, and funding is running a bit low. Here are three simple ways you can help support this effort: 1. Tell your notary colleagues about the New Jersey Notary Association and encourage them to join. Membership is $35 per year and provides full access to our video course library with nearly seven hours of New Jersey specific notary education. 2. Purchase your copy of Garden State Notary. NJNA members have access to a special pricing link located on the Classroom tab. 3. Members may also make a tax deductible contribution to the NJNA Foundation, our registered 501(c)(3) charitable organization dedicated to notarial education and public awareness. See NJNA website to donate. Thanks friends. We appreciate your support of NJNA and your fellow NJ Notaries Public. Patrick

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VIEW THE REPORT------------> Click here! SIGN THE PETITION---------> Click here! Fellow Notaries, I'm writing this post not as President of NJNA, but as one notary to another. And I need to be direct with you about something that's been weighing on me for months. You've come to know me through my activism and the collosal amount of work it took to create NJNA. You know I've been doing this for over twenty years. You know I don't sound alarms lightly. So please hear me when I say this: THE STATE IS FAILING US. AND MORE IMPORTANTLY, THEY'RE FAILING THE PUBLIC. WHAT I'VE FOUND: Over the past several months, I've been digging into how the state implemented the 2021 notary law, the one that promised six hours of education and a meaningful exam. Here's what I found: THE EDUCATION: The state's primary educational offering is a series of online videos. I timed them. All of them. 45 minutes and 7 seconds. That's it. That's what the State of New Jersey provides to satisfy a six hour mandate. We get 12.5 percent of what we were promised. And what's in those 45 minutes? Statutory definitions. Lists of requirements. Words read aloud from a screen. There's no practical instruction. No how to guidance. No scripts. No instruction on handling difficult situations. THE EXAM: The law requires an examination "to determine the fitness" of applicants. That's the actual language. What did the state implement? An open book test. Online. No proctoring. No identity verification. No lockdown browser. And here's the part that kept me up at night: the full exam questions and answers are publicly available online. Anyone can find them. Anyone can pass without knowing a thing. An applicant could: - Watch none of the videos - Read none of the manual - Find the answers online - Pass the exam - Receive a commission - Perform notarizations on real documents

Happy Friday, NJNA Members! 🎉 We’re excited to announce that our Notary Handbook...... Garden State Notary: A Complete Guide for New Jersey Notaries, is now available at 25% off the standard retail price for all members with an Annual Membership! To claim your discount: 1. Go to the Classroom tab. 2. Select “Members Only Book Sale”. 3. Scroll to the bottom of the post to access the exclusive members-only link. Important: This special offer is only available through the link mentioned above. NJNA cannot provide this discount on purchases made directly through Amazon or the NJNA website. Take advantage of this offer and enhance your notary knowledge today! Thanks, and have a wonderful weekend! 🌟

Hey Notary Family. I'm thrilled to announce that the Garden State Notary is now available on Amazon in paperback. The hardcover format is being finalized now, and will be listed within the next day or so. This textbook is the companion to the education videos that are provided to members on the Classroom Tab. As I mentioned in a previous post, we intend to obtain an initial stock of books. These will be made available directly on the NJNA website. A NJNA member discount code will also be created. This may take a few weeks, so stay tuned.