Hands-On Training for New Notaries and Signing Agents

NSA 101 provides practical, hands-on intro notary public and signing agent training in Olympia, Washington. NSA 101 bridges the gap between any online notary training or rigorous self-study you may have had and your first real notary assignment with real people, real documents. Learn in a friendly, supportive, risk-free environment to help you launch your notary career with confidence. Carmen Lane is your NSA 101 workshop leader. State of Washington does not mandate training but they recommend that you seek it anyway. And that is what I am here for.

Intro Notary Public training is for beginners. This helps brand new notaries understand their duties as an independent notary public in Washington and offers hands-on practice... 

• Identifying the signer,
• Confirming the signer's competence, willingness, and understanding,
• Swearing/affirming the signer, and 
• Completing seven notarial certificates

Signing Agent Loan Documents training is more advanced. This is intended for experienced Washington notaries who want to know what it is like to work as an independent notary signing agent performing loan signings. This training helps brand new signing agents understand their limited but critical role and provides hands-on practice preparing for a loan signing appointment and presenting loan documents to the borrowers using a complete sample refinance loan package. You can practice, roleplay, and learn what to say, what to do when you are hired to conduct a loan signing. My approach to training helps eliminate much of the fear and anxiety for brand new signing agents. My NSA 101 loan documents training also helps current loan signing agents who are struggling or making too many mistakes.

Live, in-person training is best if you are new or if you struggle with limits of online training. I have been in your shoes and I know first hand what feels like to watch a video and then click through online notary training modules and minutes later be considered "certified" and yet come away with that horrible anxious feeling of being wildly unprepared, feeling that something is missing. That missing part for me was advice and insight from a working notary signing agent in Washington and some practical hands-on training. Thus, NSA 101 was created with worried notaries like you in mind. Live, in-person training is best, but we can also do training via Zoom. 

And for the staunch DIYers and independent learners out there who don't want to meet for training at all, I offer digital download training tools available for purchase if that works best for your learning style.