I basically got a dui summer 2011 and im in the process of
Obtaining my commission. I'm worried the state will reject my application
I pretty much have a misdemeanor dui and I did note that on the application.
Forgot to mention this is taking place in California
Follow this link for common reasons to be disqualified. You did the right thing by noting it on your application.
Hello geeh1_200 aside from getting very informative and useful tips here in the forum shared by admin and special mention jmalone , I also checked this site https://www.notaryofamerica.com/States/faq.aspx to get more detailed answer concerning notary qualifications and disqualifications.
@geeh1_2000 wrote:
I basically got a dui summer 2011 and im in the process of
Obtaining my commission. I'm worried the state will reject my application
I pretty much have a misdemeanor dui and I did note that on the application.
Well, there's no "basically" or "pretty much" -- you were either convicted or you weren't. And you're required to disclose it on your application (in California). If you don't, they'll find out anyway when they do a background check. If you failed to disclose, they'd deny you outright anyway. So yes, it's good you mentioned it... but it may not change anything. It will make a difference, though, if in the future you want to obtain a commission, because if you are denied your commission because you failed to disclose a conviction, then you're pretty much guaranteeing you'll never get one. But, if you disclose but are denied because it's too soon since your conviction (10 years for most misdemeanors) then you're not disqualifying yourself forever... but you'll probably have to wait until 10 years have passed.
Since it's been less than 10 years since your misdemeanor conviction, you will probably be denied. I've been hearing that they are really strict about this... if you've got a recent criminal conviction... you're pretty much out of luck. You can always request a hearing to fight it.
General Qualifications are listed here: https://www.sos.ca.gov/business/notary/qualifications.htm
The full, current disciplinary guidelines are here: https://www.sos.ca.gov/business/notary/forms/notary-guidelines-2001.pdf
HOWEVER... be aware that these will likely be changing soon. There are some proposed guidelines that are even more strict that are in the works.
