[WSBARP] Dept of Licensing - Slow Notary Renewal - 60 to 90 Day Backlog

[Kailei Feeney]

I am in the exact same situation – I submitted all to renew in advance of 120 days from my March 2020 notary expiration and just reached back out today indicating the same – it would be a huge detriment to my practice to not notarize estate planning or property transfer documents.

When I got to DOL on the phone, it was indicated to me the delay was less related to DOR’s other changes and more apparently that DOL has only two staff members doing renewals for the whole state and two members doing UCC filings.

I was still told today that my application was “in review status.” Below is contact information to verify your status, if you get anywhere further than this frustration, I’d sure appreciate hearing!

Email: Notaries at dol.wa.gov<mailto:Notaries at dol.wa.gov>
Phone: 360-664-1550

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Subject: [WSBARP] Dept of Licensing - Slow Notary Renewal - 60 to 90 Day Backlog

I submitted my renewal 120 days before my March expiration.  A little hard for us solo real estate practitioners to practice when we can't notarize anything. Lest we forget a couple of weeks for the physical notary stamp to be produced.

"Rob:
I spoke with Jennifer at DOL, and according to Jennifer, we submitted your application early enough (120 days before your notary stamp expires) but the notary program is going through a change and as a result is backlogged 60-90 days from the day they processed your payment which was January 15, 2020.  Looking at maybe early April.  Jennifer reiterated we weren't late; they are having problems keeping up with a system change."

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