Collection Tip for Notary Signing Agents

by   Victoria Ring---Bio-

Hello Victoria: I thought you might be interested in the way I recently got paid for a notary assignment.  Actually I have not received the check yet as I did this yesterday.

I performed the loan signing December 16.  Around the first of  February I called asking for my payment and I got the "check is in the mail" excuse.  One week later I called again as I had not received the check and got the same routine.  On the original order I found the name of the escrow officer and her phone number. 

I called the escrow officer to see if they had been paid for their escrow services.  She gave me the check number and the date paid.  I then told her that I was going to write a letter to NAA and thanked her very much.  I just wanted her to know about the performance of this agency.

Within five minutes I received a call from a very irate man (Steve Skaggs of Independent Courier Services).  He said he would be sending a check today and that I didn't need to report him to anyone.  He was a bit upset.

From now on I will be keeping the escrow information for all the signings that I perform.  It's easy to just make a copy and keep it with the order.  I hope my experience will help other notary signing agents collect the money rightfully due them.  (Toni)