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Anderson's Manual for Notaries Public: A Complete Guide for Notaries Public and Commissioners of Deeds, With Glossary, Charts and Index

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I purchased this manual because I thought it would help me get started as a notary public. Instead the manual is full of statutes of each state. I'm not concerned about other states since I have the handbook for the state I'm commissioned. The handbook which is the same as that in the manual doesn't offer much information as far as practicing. I eventually found the information I was looking for from the website of another state's handbook. The same information is listed in the book. I believe all the information in this book can be found online and in the library. Unless, you want it to look good on your bookshelf, I don't think purchasing this manual is necessary.

Stay away from this book! You get more useful information out of a Notary Primer Guide published by the National Notary Association. The manual only contains about 50 pages of vaguely useful reference material. I purchased it thinking that it would make a good technical reference that I could consult when I had to prepare a tough protest or affidavit, but even the small amount of reference material contained in it is poorly written. The other 750 pages are copies of state notary statutes, many which are out-of-date since the manual was published in 2001.

I don't see how any publisher could put a product like this out on the market - to charge $30 dollars for nothing more than copies of state statutes is highway robbery. If you need to consult Notary statutes in a certain State then use the internet to find an up-to-date copy. Buy a Notary Primer Guide for your State if you need a general reference book.