![]() Ohio County Clerk Patricia Fahey said her office has never provided notary services for the public. … If you can’t come to the courthouse to get something notarized, something is the matter.” “It boggles your mind – you do what you think is right, and it isn’t always right. We will continue to serve the people out there. “We always have done it, and I hope it does not come back to haunt me. ![]() “If I get written up, we’ll take it from there,” Benzo said. The Hancock and Ohio county clerks’ offices, meanwhile, do notarization only for office purposes. Offices in Marshall, Wetzel and Tyler counties also offer the service. An appointee commissioned as a notary public under this section may act only for and in behalf of the government office or offices in which he is employed.”īrooke County isn’t the only county in the Northern Panhandle where the county clerk’s office performs notary services for residents. It states, “The governor may appoint and commission such number of state and local government employees as notaries public, to act for and in behalf of their respective state and local government offices, as he deems proper. Jake Glance, spokesman for the West Virginia Secretary of State’s Office, pointed out Section 29C-2-301 of the West Virginia code pertaining to notaries and state and local government employees. “Until they smack me on the hand, we’re still going to do it. ![]() “I’ve looked under West Virginia code, and can’t find anything that says I can’t do it,” Benzo said. The state office has informed Benzo her employees certified as notaries for the Brooke County Clerk’s Office can only act on items pertaining to the clerk’s office, and cannot provide notary services for the public. ![]()
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