Links to the California Secretary of State Notary Resources:

Useful resources at: the State of California Secretary of State Notary Public and CPS their notary testing company ( below are useful links to 6-hour notary public class & 3-hour notary refresher class students ):

• Here is the New or Reappointing Commission Application.
• California Secretary of State is at: http://www.sos.ca.gov/
• Main State of California Notary Public website: http://www.sos.ca.gov/business/notary/
• 2013 Notary Public Handbook published by the State of California is at: http://www.sos.ca.gov/business/notary/forms/notary-handbook-2011.pdf
• Current and previous versions of the California Notary Public handbook is at:
  http://www.sos.ca.gov/business/notary/handbook.htm
• Qualifications to be a notary: http://www.sos.ca.gov/business/notary/qualifications.htm
• Here are where the forms, services and fees are listed under the Notary Public section: http://www.sos.ca.gov/business/notary/forms.htm
• Notary Check List steps to become a notary: http://www.sos.ca.gov/business/notary/checklist.htm
• Official Notary Live Scan Fingerprint Form download location at the State of California website: http://www.sos.ca.gov/business/notary/forms/notary_livescan.pdf
• Locations and hours of operation to get Fingerprinted: http://ag.ca.gov/fingerprints/publications/contact.php 
• CPS administers State of California Notary Public exams.  The CPS main notary website is: http://notary.cps.ca.gov and the phone number for CPS is (916) 263-3520
• Notary Public candidate registration information on CPS website is at: http://notary.cps.ca.gov/howtoreg.asp
• Where you can view your test scores once you have a login 10-15 days after your test is: https://cmas.cps.ca.gov/CMAS/login.aspx
• Notary Public History at: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Notary_public

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