What does the NNA’s Notary Signing Agent Certification and Background Screening program provide to participants?
The NNA’s program is an all-inclusive, highly professional package that provides everything participants need to be skilled, responsible and marketable Notary Signing Agents: • Training in the proper, ethical handling and notarization of loan documents • The how-to’s of compliance with regulations that require safeguarding of consumer privacy • A copy of the NNA’s comprehensive Notary Signing Agent reference and training manual • Certification Exam • Background Screening • National Notary Association and NNA Notary Signing Agent Section memberships • Priority-status listing in SigningAgent.com • Why do Notary Signing Agents need to participate in a background screening? To protect the privacy of borrowers, Congress has developed rules for the handling of private financial information. The Gramm-Leach-Bliley Financial Services Modernization Act and the resulting Interagency Guidelines require that steps be taken to protect consumer privacy. Lenders have begun to require that title and m