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

Wed Mar 4 11:43:30 PST 2020

My paralegal renewed her license last month using ANS ansofwa.com to issue her bond, then did the online application to renew with DOL and uploaded the copy of her bond. She checked back a day or two later and the website where you search for Notary licenses showed that her license had been renewed (expiration date in 2024). Then she got an email saying her license had been renewed with a link to print her license online. ANS then processed her stamp order and the stamp arrived the next week. We received a “paper” renewal notice from DOL this week, which we think was generated before she used the online process.

Not sure if this will help your situation since you have already sent your paperwork in by mail, but it may help others that will need to renew.

Jane.

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Did mine online and got my renewal within 20 days. Got lucky I guess.

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

Did call around and obtained the DOL Notary supervisor. She profusely apologized for the issues with the new software system. They are trying to catch up but it is problematic.  Mine still hasn't been processed though my check cleared on January 15.

You can contact her directly if you have an issue with your renewal . I found her to be very helpful, sincere and apologetic.

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On Wed, Feb 5, 2020 at 12:43 PM Kailei Feeney <kailei at westseattlelaw.com<mailto:kailei at westseattlelaw.com>> wrote:
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!

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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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