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Notary Knowledge by Derrick Spruill

Notary Knowledge by Derrick Spruill

Written by: Derrick Spruill
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"Notary Knowledge by Derrick Spruill," created by Derrick Spruill and hosted by Eddie Montes Travis and Marylyn Lee Trotter, is the definitive podcast resource for navigating the multifaceted world of notarization. This show transcends the typical notary discussion, offering a comprehensive look at the industry from both sides of the signing table.

For notaries, whether seasoned veterans or those just embarking on their professional journey, "Notary Knowledge by Derrick Spruill" provides invaluable insights into the ever-evolving landscape. The hosts delve into the latest legislative changes, industry trends, and best practices, equipping notaries with the knowledge and tools necessary to excel. They explore effective marketing strategies, business development techniques, and the nuances of building a thriving notary practice. The show also addresses the challenges and opportunities notaries face daily, offering practical advice on handling diverse situations and maintaining compliance.

However, "Notary Knowledge by Derrick Spruill" goes beyond simply serving notaries. It also aims to demystify the notarization process for individuals seeking notary services. By examining real-life scenarios and discussing the events that necessitate notary involvement, the podcast provides a clearer understanding of why notarization is essential and what to expect during a signing. Listeners gain insight into the responsibilities of a notary, the importance of proper identification, and the legal implications of notarized documents.

Derrick, Eddie, and Marylyn bring a wealth of knowledge and expertise to the table, fostering engaging discussions and sharing practical wisdom. They feature expert interviews, dissect complex legal issues, and offer life lessons gleaned from years of navigating the notary field. This podcast is a vital resource for anyone seeking to stay informed, understand the notary process, and navigate the intricacies of notarization with confidence. "Notary Knowledge by Derrick Spruill" is a must-listen for notaries looking to elevate their careers and for individuals seeking to understand the critical role notaries play in legal and business transactions.

Check out the "Notary Knowledge Reference Guide and Notary Bible" by Derrick Spruill on Amazon.

Contact Information:

Email us at MobileNotary@DerrickSpruill.com
Give us a call: 1-833-462-4632

Disclaimer: The podcast Notary Knowledge by Derrick Spruill does not provide legal advice. Eddie Montes Travis, Derrick Spruill, and Marylyn Lee Trotter are not lawyers or part of any law firm. This podcast is for informational purposes only.

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  • Signature by Mark & Physical Accommodation Protocols - Foundational Fridays

    Signature by Mark & Physical Accommodation Protocols - Foundational Fridays
    Nov 6 2026
    Latest Notary Knowledge Dispatch: Pick up the Weekly Free Notary Knowledge DispatchOfficial 56-Jurisdiction Legal Directory: United States & Territories Notary Legal DirectoryKnow Notary Digital Hub: Visit KnowNotary.com — Good Enough Is Not A ThingPhysical limitation never equals mental incapacity—and knowing how to accommodate an injured, paralyzed, blind, or tremor-affected signer with dignity and statutory precision is the mark of a true professional. On Foundational Fridays, Eddie and Marylyn walk step-by-step through Signature by Mark & Physical Accommodation Protocols. • Adaptive Tools & The 'Guided Hand' Prohibition: Why aperture signature-guide cards, high-flow cushioned pens, and non-dominant-hand signatures solve half of field challenges—and why no one may ever physically steer a signer's hand. • Signature by Mark ('X') Execution: Coordinating two impartial witnesses, printing the statutory witness/notary lines around the mark, and capturing witness signatures in your journal. • Signature by Proxy (Designated Signer) vs. Power of Attorney: Understanding how an impartial proxy acts strictly as a 'human pen' in the principal's physical presence and live direction—and why beneficiaries can never serve as proxy or witness. Stick around for five essential accommodation scenarios in "Good Question, What Would You Do?" Email your questions to Derrick@DerrickSpruill.com! Explore Know Notary & Digital Signing-Table Tools: • KnowNotary.com — Home of the Notary Table Co-Pilot, Apostille Intake Wizard & All-Access Pro Pass, Notary Update Now, 56-State Notary Practice Quiz, Statutory Email Signature Maker, and the Know Notary iOS App featuring Willy's Ink Shop. • One Ledger Notary eJournal — Download on the Apple App Store (crafted by the Magnificent Workz Team) and use promo code NotaryKnow50 for 50% off your first-year annual plan, paired with One Scan AR and NotaryRun. • Notary Knowledge Network (NKN) — Watch live twenty-four seven, three-sixty-five on YouTube Live and stream The Sigillum of Notarization on Apple Podcasts. • LearnWorkz.com & VirginiaNotaryTraining.com — State Notary Education & Readiness Portals. Becoming a Notary on AmazonNotary Knowledge Reference Guide and Notary Bible on AmazonYour Sunday Notary Reading:Notary Public Foundation: Essential Guide to Core Duties, Ethics, and Commissioning on AmazonYour Monday Notary Reading:Notary Operational Excellence: Mastering Certificates, Journals, Ink, and Copy Certification on AmazonYour Tuesday Notary Reading:Notary Fraud Shield: Real-World Tactics, Red Flags, and Refusal Strategies on AmazonYour Wednesday Notary Reading:The Mobile Notary Blueprint: Launching and Managing Your On-Demand Business on AmazonYour Thursday Notary Reading:Notary Niche Navigator: Your Guide to Loan Signings, Apostilles, I-9s, and More on AmazonYour Friday Notary Reading:Notary Law & Liability: Understanding State Regulations, Insurance, and Avoiding UPL on AmazonYour Saturday Notary Reading:The Future Notary: Mastering RON, eNotary, and Complex Scenarios on AmazonQuick & Easy Solutions: How to Increase Mobile Notary Business for More Success & Profit: with 37 Professional Tips on AmazonExplore more books including Becoming a Virginia Notary and the Little Notary Derrick children's series at MobileNotaryByDerrickSpruill.com. #NotaryPublic #FoundationalFridays #SignatureByMark #SignatureByProxy #NotaryEthics #KnowNotary #OneLedger #MobileNotary #NotaryKnowledge Executive Producer Derrick SpruillWriters Marylyn Lee Trotter and Eddie Montes TravisGraphics & Illustrations by Eddie Montes TravisMusic by Thomas BynumThis Show is Produced by Magnificent WorkzBusiness SolutionsContact Derrick Spruill Support the showFacebookInstagramLinkedInX
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    23 mins
  • Mobile Driver's Licenses & Digital ID Verification - Technology Thursdays

    Mobile Driver's Licenses & Digital ID Verification - Technology Thursdays
    Nov 5 2026
    Latest Notary Knowledge Dispatch: Pick up the Weekly Free Notary Knowledge DispatchOfficial 56-Jurisdiction Legal Directory: United States & Territories Notary Legal DirectoryKnow Notary Digital Hub: Visit KnowNotary.com — Good Enough Is Not A Thing"TSA takes my Apple Wallet ID at the airport—we're good, right?" On Technology Thursdays, Eddie and Marylyn decode the fast-moving collision between Mobile Driver's Licenses (mDLs) and state notary identification statutes across all 56 jurisdictions. • Cryptographic mDLs vs. Camera-Roll Screenshots: How official ISO 18013-5 digital credentials in Apple Wallet, Google Wallet, and state DMV apps validate via contactless NFC and encrypted QR handshakes—and why photos of plastic IDs are never valid. • Airport TSA Acceptance vs. State Notary Law: Why DMV issuance does not automatically authorize digital IDs at an in-person signing table when state statutes still mandate a physical card bearing a handwritten signature and physical description. • Lender Closing Instructions & Zero-PII Verification: Avoiding loan-funding rejections, never touching a signer's unlocked phone, and checking live statutory updates with Notary Table Co-Pilot and Notary Update Now. Plus, test your judgment on five digital-ID field scenarios in "Good Question, What Would You Do?" Email your tech questions to Derrick@DerrickSpruill.com! Explore Know Notary & Digital Signing-Table Tools: • KnowNotary.com — Home of the Notary Table Co-Pilot, Apostille Intake Wizard & All-Access Pro Pass, Notary Update Now, 56-State Notary Practice Quiz, Statutory Email Signature Maker, and the Know Notary iOS App featuring Willy's Ink Shop. • One Ledger Notary eJournal — Download on the Apple App Store (crafted by the Magnificent Workz Team) and use promo code NotaryKnow50 for 50% off your first-year annual plan, paired with One Scan AR and NotaryRun. • Notary Knowledge Network (NKN) — Watch live twenty-four seven, three-sixty-five on YouTube Live and stream The Sigillum of Notarization on Apple Podcasts. • LearnWorkz.com & VirginiaNotaryTraining.com — State Notary Education & Readiness Portals. Becoming a Notary on AmazonNotary Knowledge Reference Guide and Notary Bible on AmazonYour Sunday Notary Reading:Notary Public Foundation: Essential Guide to Core Duties, Ethics, and Commissioning on AmazonYour Monday Notary Reading:Notary Operational Excellence: Mastering Certificates, Journals, Ink, and Copy Certification on AmazonYour Tuesday Notary Reading:Notary Fraud Shield: Real-World Tactics, Red Flags, and Refusal Strategies on AmazonYour Wednesday Notary Reading:The Mobile Notary Blueprint: Launching and Managing Your On-Demand Business on AmazonYour Thursday Notary Reading:Notary Niche Navigator: Your Guide to Loan Signings, Apostilles, I-9s, and More on AmazonYour Friday Notary Reading:Notary Law & Liability: Understanding State Regulations, Insurance, and Avoiding UPL on AmazonYour Saturday Notary Reading:The Future Notary: Mastering RON, eNotary, and Complex Scenarios on AmazonQuick & Easy Solutions: How to Increase Mobile Notary Business for More Success & Profit: with 37 Professional Tips on AmazonExplore more books including Becoming a Virginia Notary and the Little Notary Derrick children's series at MobileNotaryByDerrickSpruill.com. #NotaryPublic #TechnologyThursdays #MobileDriversLicense #DigitalID #NotaryTech #KnowNotary #OneLedger #MobileNotary #NotaryKnowledge Executive Producer Derrick SpruillWriters Marylyn Lee Trotter and Eddie Montes TravisGraphics & Illustrations by Eddie Montes TravisMusic by Thomas BynumThis Show is Produced by Magnificent WorkzBusiness SolutionsContact Derrick Spruill Support the showFacebookInstagramLinkedInX
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    25 mins
  • Hospital & Healthcare Patient-Advocate Notaries - In the Workplace Wednesdays

    Hospital & Healthcare Patient-Advocate Notaries - In the Workplace Wednesdays
    Nov 4 2026
    Latest Notary Knowledge Dispatch: Pick up the Weekly Free Notary Knowledge DispatchOfficial 56-Jurisdiction Legal Directory: United States & Territories Notary Legal DirectoryKnow Notary Digital Hub: Visit KnowNotary.com — Good Enough Is Not A ThingWhat really happens when an urgent Power of Attorney or Living Will needs notarizing on a hospital floor? On In the Workplace Wednesdays, Eddie and Marylyn pull back the curtain on one of the most sensitive environments in notary practice: Hospital Patient-Advocate Offices & Bedside Healthcare Signings. • In-House Staff vs. Independent Bedside Specialists: Why hospital risk-management policies typically restrict W-2 staff notaries to medical-only directives—turning discharge planners and social workers into top referral partners for mobile notaries. • Alertness, Medication Windows, & Voluntary Willingness: Screening comprehension conversationally without practicing medicine, timing visits around sedating medications, and asking hovering beneficiaries to step outside the curtain. • Solving the Hospital Witness Bottleneck: Why nurses and facility employees are barred from witnessing Advance Directives—and how to coordinate impartial witnesses seamlessly. • Clean-Field Bedside Etiquette: Isolation-room protocols, pre-arrival ID triage, and ironclad refusal logging. Stay through Act Three for five real-world hospital dilemmas in "Good Question, What Would You Do?" Send your workplace questions to Derrick@DerrickSpruill.com! Explore Know Notary & Digital Signing-Table Tools: • KnowNotary.com — Home of the Notary Table Co-Pilot, Apostille Intake Wizard & All-Access Pro Pass, Notary Update Now, 56-State Notary Practice Quiz, Statutory Email Signature Maker, and the Know Notary iOS App featuring Willy's Ink Shop. • One Ledger Notary eJournal — Download on the Apple App Store (crafted by the Magnificent Workz Team) and use promo code NotaryKnow50 for 50% off your first-year annual plan, paired with One Scan AR and NotaryRun. • Notary Knowledge Network (NKN) — Watch live twenty-four seven, three-sixty-five on YouTube Live and stream The Sigillum of Notarization on Apple Podcasts. • LearnWorkz.com & VirginiaNotaryTraining.com — State Notary Education & Readiness Portals. Becoming a Notary on AmazonNotary Knowledge Reference Guide and Notary Bible on AmazonYour Sunday Notary Reading:Notary Public Foundation: Essential Guide to Core Duties, Ethics, and Commissioning on AmazonYour Monday Notary Reading:Notary Operational Excellence: Mastering Certificates, Journals, Ink, and Copy Certification on AmazonYour Tuesday Notary Reading:Notary Fraud Shield: Real-World Tactics, Red Flags, and Refusal Strategies on AmazonYour Wednesday Notary Reading:The Mobile Notary Blueprint: Launching and Managing Your On-Demand Business on AmazonYour Thursday Notary Reading:Notary Niche Navigator: Your Guide to Loan Signings, Apostilles, I-9s, and More on AmazonYour Friday Notary Reading:Notary Law & Liability: Understanding State Regulations, Insurance, and Avoiding UPL on AmazonYour Saturday Notary Reading:The Future Notary: Mastering RON, eNotary, and Complex Scenarios on AmazonQuick & Easy Solutions: How to Increase Mobile Notary Business for More Success & Profit: with 37 Professional Tips on AmazonExplore more books including Becoming a Virginia Notary and the Little Notary Derrick children's series at MobileNotaryByDerrickSpruill.com. #NotaryPublic #HospitalNotary #InTheWorkplaceWednesdays #MobileNotary #HealthcarePOA #BedsideNotary #KnowNotary #OneLedger #NotaryKnowledge Executive Producer Derrick SpruillWriters Marylyn Lee Trotter and Eddie Montes TravisGraphics & Illustrations by Eddie Montes TravisMusic by Thomas BynumThis Show is Produced by Magnificent WorkzBusiness SolutionsContact Derrick Spruill Support the showFacebookInstagramLinkedInX
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    23 mins
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