I am a long time notary in Washington. I have done work for these folks for years. Over the last couple of years, they have become really bad news. They used to pay fairly regularly - 45 days after the signing. Now, you can go months and months without response.
Lisa, who I believe to be the owner, rarely responds to emails. Once, however, she did send a check without responding. However, now she has owed me $100 for over 120 days (past due 90 as of today), and $100 (past due 10 days as of today).
Here's how they work - payments don't come in on time - you call and the voice mail system directs you to A/P, which immediately goes to voice mail. They will never return your call.
Know the name but not the extension? Hit Option 3 for a dial-by-name directory. Response? Invalid selection, try again.
Now, I'm not going to publicly say how I finally managed to get through to an insufferable, rude employee who made it very clear to me that she was NOT her deadbeat boss.
But, I've managed enough folks over the years to know when people hate their jobs, hate their companies, hate their bosses. And, I don't blame them. I'm sure they spend all day getting phone calls from irate notaries demanding payment.
So, my first actual response to this deadbeat is this posting. Next, if I don't have my monies tomorrow, I'm filing complaints with the Texas Attorney General for their attempts to defraud the contract employees they work with. Plus, I'm contacting the title companies that hired them and demanding payment. The law says Title companies and lenders have to exercise some degree of control over third-party vendors. We'll find out if that applies to deadbeats who defraud those third-party vendors.
I will update this upon resolution. If you're a notary who's been solicited to work for them - don't. If you're a Title Company who wants to hire them, do so at your own peril.