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  1. A signing service pays an Arkansas notary $100 to handle a loan-document package containing eight notarizations. Is this arrangement permissible?

    Answer: Yes, if the portion attributable to each notarial act does not exceed the statutory cap and the rest covers non-notarial services like printing and travel

    Compensation above the per-act cap must be for separate services such as travel, printing, or courier work, not for the notarial acts themselves.

  2. Why should an Arkansas notary itemize a signing invoice separating notarial fees from travel and printing charges?

    Answer: To show that the notarial-act portion stays within the statutory limit

    Itemizing proves the statutory per-act cap was respected even when total compensation is higher.

  3. An Arkansas notary refuses to notarize unless the signer also buys a $30 'document review' service. Why is this improper?

    Answer: It effectively overcharges for the notarization and may involve unauthorized practice of law

    Conditioning a notarization on buying extra services disguises an overcharge and reviewing documents can constitute unauthorized practice of law.

  4. Which statement about charging fees for administering an oath or affirmation in Arkansas is correct?

    Answer: It is a notarial act subject to the same statutory fee maximum

    Administering oaths and affirmations is a notarial act covered by the same statutory fee cap.

  5. A notary's employer paid the commission application fee and bond premium. The employer now demands the notary notarize personal documents for the employer's friends for free after hours. Which is TRUE?

    Answer: The commission belongs to the notary personally, so after-hours services and fees are the notary's own decision

    Even when an employer pays commissioning costs, the commission belongs to the individual notary, who controls services outside employment duties.

  6. What is the safest way for an Arkansas notary to handle fees for a mobile signing 40 miles away?

    Answer: Quote and agree on the notarial fee and travel charge with the client before the trip

    Advance written agreement on both the capped notarial fee and the separate travel charge prevents disputes and misconduct claims.

  7. A notary posts a sign reading 'All notarizations $8 each.' What is wrong with this?

    Answer: The advertised price exceeds the statutory maximum for a notarial act

    Advertising or charging $8.00 per act exceeds the $5.00 statutory cap and is improper.