Know What A Notary May Not:

1.    Perform acts, which constitute the practice of law;

2.    Prepare, draft, select, or give advice concerning legal documents;

3.    Use the phrase “notario” or “notario publico” to advertise notary services;

4.    Overcharge for notary public services;

5.    Notarize a document without the signer being in the notary’s presence;

6.    Notarize the notary’s own signature;

7.    Issue identification cards;

8.    Sign a notarial certificate under any other name than the one under which the notary
    was commissioned; or

9.    Certify copies of documents recordable in the public records.

10.    Record in the notary’s record book the identification number that was assigned by the
      governmental agency or by the United States to the signer, grantor or maker and that
      is set forth on an identification card or passport; or any other number that could be 
      used to identify the signer, grantor or maker of the document. (This does not prohibit
      a notary from recording a number related to the residence or alleged residence of the
      signer, grantor or maker of the document or the instrument.