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Feb '08

Don’t jostle

Did you know that you can’t be a NY Notary Public if you’ve been convicted of “jostling.”

That would wipe out everyone who’s ever ridden the subway.

Julia on 19.02.2008 at 12:56 (Reply)

Purely out of curiosity, what’s the penalty if you are convicted of “jostling” in NY?
1. Mary Robinette Kowal on 19.02.2008 at 13:27 (Reply)
  
  It’s a Class A misdemeanor punishable with up to one year in prison.
  1. Julia on 19.02.2008 at 13:53 (Reply)
    
    Are you kidding me?! Is it really enforced, though, or is it one of those where it won’t matter unless you, say, push someone off the platfor onto the tracks?
    1. Mary Robinette Kowal on 19.02.2008 at 13:56 (Reply)
      
      I’d never heard of it. I’m taking a test to be a notary public and that was one of the things on the list. Wacky.
Sean P. Fodera on 19.02.2008 at 15:15 (Reply)

It’s the “convicted” part that’s important. Committing the act, without or without getting caught isn’t the problem.

The issue is that New Yorkers don’t want a pushy notary telling them what to do. Take the document given you, watch the client sign it, and put your sig and stamp on it. Don’t give anyone lip about it.
1. Mary Robinette Kowal on 19.02.2008 at 15:20 (Reply)
  
  Oh, I won’t get caught jostling.
Sara Genge on 20.02.2008 at 19:28 (Reply)

Maybe they mean some other kind of jostling that we haven’t heard about. You know, legal jostling or something…

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