American Association of Notaries, Inc. Terms & Conditions
American Association of Notaries
Terms of Use
Updated on 01/24/2017
Introduction
Welcome to our website (“Site”). This Site is owned and operated by American Association of Notaries Inc. (“American Association of Notaries®” or “AAN” or “Company” or “we” or “us” or “our”). This is a binding contractual agreement between you and American Association of Notaries®.
The Terms & Conditions (as defined below), and all rules for all promotions and other contests are incorporated into one another by reference and are referred to individually and collectively as the “Agreement.” The Terms & Conditions in this section apply to all American Association of Notaries online and offline services.
Your visitation, registration for an account, access and/or use of this Site constitutes your acceptance of this Agreement (as defined below). American Association of Notaries® may modify the Agreement at any time without prior notice to you. Such modification shall be effective immediately upon the first of the following events to occur: (1) posting of the modified Agreement to the website, or (2) upon otherwise notifying you of the modified Agreement. You agree to periodically review the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement to ensure that you are aware of any modifications.
You agree to do business with American Association of Notaries® electronically. By agreeing to do business electronically, you (i) consent to the electronic communication and delivery of all documents related to the Site and all other goods and services provided via the Site; and (ii) agree that your act of clicking your consent to this Agreement is a binding form of your electronic signature, which you agree binds you to this Agreement and the Privacy Policy.
NOTIFICATION OF ARBITRATION CLAUSE AND CLASS ACTION/JURY TRIAL WAIVER
PLEASE READ THIS AGREEMENT CAREFULLY TO ENSURE THAT YOU UNDERSTAND EACH PROVISION. THIS AGREEMENT CONTAINS A MANDATORY INDIVIDUAL BINDING ARBITRATION AND CLASS ACTION/JURY TRIAL WAIVER PROVISION, AS set forth BELOW.
Definitions
“Agreement” means these Terms & Conditions and the Refund Policy.
"Personally Identifiable Information" means any information that identifies a natural person, such as name, Social Security Number or other government-issued number, date of birth, address, telephone number, biometric data, and the like.
“Person” means a natural person, entity organized under the laws of a governmental authority or unincorporated association or organization, unless otherwise specified.
“Site” means any and all pages of the website (individually and collectively) you are viewing at the moment, and also includes any and all websites on which the Agreement is posted.
“User” or “you” or "your" refers to any and all natural persons who visit, create an account with, access or use this Site in any way imaginable, whether through existing technology or through technology not heretofore manufactured, devised or discovered, or who request, purchase, subscribe to, access, or otherwise use the goods and services offered on this Site.
Returns and Refunds
IMPORTANT: If the American Association of Notaries, Inc. receives an incomplete notary order or notary application, or if you do not provide the necessary notary commission certificate or information needed to process your order, we will periodically notify you via email, USPS mail, or phone to request the missing information. If we are unable to process your notary order or application within one year from the date it was received on our website or by mail due to a lack of information from you, we will no longer be obligated to fulfill the order, and no refund will be issued.
Please read our Refund and Return Policy.
Products, Prices and Payment Terms
All prices posted on this site are subject to change without notice. The price charged for a product or service will be the price in effect at the time the order is placed and will be set out in your order confirmation email. Price increases will only apply to orders placed after such changes. Posted prices do not include taxes or charges for shipping and handling. All such taxes and charges (if any) will be added to your merchandise total and will be itemized in your shopping cart and in your order confirmation email. We are not responsible for pricing, typographical, or other errors in any offer by us and we reserve the right to cancel any orders arising from such errors. All goods or services purchased on the Site are subject to availability. We reserve the right, in our sole discretion, to refuse orders, including without limitation, orders that appear to be placed by distributors or resellers.
Terms of payment are within our sole discretion and, unless otherwise agreed by us in writing, payment must be received by us before our acceptance of an order. You represent and warrant that (i) the credit or debit card or banking information you supply to us is true, correct, and complete, (ii) you are authorized to use such information for the purchase, (iii) charges incurred by you will be honored by your credit card company or bank, and (iv) you will pay charges incurred by you at the posted prices, including all applicable taxes, if any.
Rewards Points
Members earn 5% back in rewards on purchases of everything except on insurance and notary bonds. Reward points have no cash value and may not be exchanged, refunded, transferred, reproduced or redeemed for cash or any other form of credit or value. Rewards accumulated from previous transactions will be automatically applied to future purchases. Accounts with no new transactional activity within any five-year period may be deactivated and all rewards points associated with such accounts will be forfeited.
Security
You agree to keep your password confidential and not to distribute it or otherwise allow anyone other than you to access your account. Your password is the key to all of the information in your account.
Any communication you make on this Site or over the Internet, whether sent via e-mail, via a form on the Site, or a message board, etc., should be regarded as an insecure communication, unless we explicitly state on a particular web page that you can expect the communication to be secure or encrypted.
Refusal & Termination of Service
American Association of Notaries® reserves the right to terminate or refuse service to anyone, at any time, for any reason or no reason at all, without prior notice, including, without limitation, for violating any provision of this Agreement. American Association of Notaries® reserves the right at any time in its sole discretion to block certain IP addresses from accessing the Website and Company Services. If we terminates or suspends your account for any reason, you are prohibited from registering and creating a new account under your name, a fake or borrowed name, or the name of any third party, even if you may be acting on behalf of the third party. In addition to terminating or suspending your account, we reserves the right to take appropriate legal action, including without limitation pursuing civil, criminal, and injunctive redress.
Guidelines for Reviews
Company may accept, reject or remove reviews in its sole discretion. Company has absolutely no obligation to screen or delete reviews, even if a person considers a review objectionable or inaccurate. Those persons posting reviews should comply with the following criteria: (1) reviewers should have firsthand experience with the person/entity being reviewed; (2) reviews should not contain: offensive language, profanity, or abusive, racist, or hate language; discriminatory references based on religion, race, gender, national origin, age, marital status, sexual orientation or disability; or references to illegal activity; (3) reviewers should not be affiliated with competitors if posting negative reviews; (4) reviewers should not make any conclusions as to the legality of conduct; and (5) reviewers may not post any false statements or organize a campaign encouraging others to post reviews, whether positive or negative. Reviews are not endorsed by Company, and do not represent the views of Company or of any affiliate or partner of Company. Company does not assume liability for any review or for any claims, liabilities or losses resulting from any review. By posting a review, the reviewer hereby grants to Company an irrevocable perpetual, non-exclusive, worldwide, royalty-free, fully-paid, assignable and sub licensable license to Company to reproduce, modify, translate, transmit by any means, display, perform and/or distribute all content constating or relating to reviews.
If you post a review on any third party site, you are prohibited from identifying yourself as a member of AAN, or otherwise referencing AAN, in the review. A violation of this provision may result in termination of your account.
Export Control
You may not use or otherwise export or re-export the Site and/or its content, except as authorized by United States law. The Site and its content may not be exported or re-exported (i) into (or to a national or resident of) any U.S.-embargoed country, (ii) to anyone on the U.S. Treasury Department's list of Specially Designated Nationals, or (iii) to anyone on the U.S. Department of Commerce's Table of Denial Orders. You represent and warrant that you are not a resident or national of any such country on any such list, and are not located in, under the control of, acting on behalf of or in concert with, a resident or national of any such country or on any such list.
Disputes Between Users
If there is a dispute between users of the Website, or between users and any third party, you understand and agree that Company is under no obligation to become involved. In the event that you have a dispute with one or more other users, you hereby release Company, its officers, employees, agents and successors in rights from claims, demands and damages (actual and consequential) of every kind or nature, known or unknown, suspected and unsuspected, disclosed and undisclosed, arising out of or in any way related to such disputes and/or the Company Services.
License to Use the Site
American Association of Notaries® grants, subject to the terms of this Agreement, a limited, non-transferable, non-sublicensable, non-exclusive license to use the software, content and documentation which it owns, or of which it is a licensee, for the limited purposes accessing, exploring and using the Site in real time in a manner consistent with the terms of the Agreement.
User Data
Our Website will maintain certain data that you transfer to the Website for the purpose of the performance of the Company Services, as well as data relating to your use of the Company Services. Although we perform regular routine backups of data, you are primarily responsible for all data that you have transferred or that relates to any activity you have undertaken using the Company Services. You agree that Company shall have no liability to you for any loss or corruption of any such data, and you hereby waive any right of action against Company arising from any such loss or corruption of such data.
Intellectual Property Rights in the Site
Unauthorized duplication of this Site, in whole or in part, or of any plans, designs, specifications, data or content made available from the Site (except as expressly authorized herein) is a violation of the Copyright Act of 1976.
Copyrights
Unless otherwise stated, American Association of Notaries® owns the copyright interests in and to this Site and is the owner or a licensee of the content hereon, including, without limitation, all “works” as defined in the Copyright Act of 1976, text, graphics, images, video material, audio material, audiovisual material, and other content, regardless of media format, whether now existing or hereafter arising (“Copyright Material”). The Copyright Material is protected by United States and international copyright laws. You may display and download portions of the Site solely for your own personal, non-commercial use. You agree not to change or delete any proprietary notices from materials downloaded from the Site. All other uses, including, without limitation, the reproduction, copying, modification, distribution, sale, lease, transmission, republication, performance, display, or any commercial use of the content on this site are strictly prohibited by law.
Trademarks
American Association of Notaries is a trademark owned by American Association of Notaries® (individually and collectively the “Trademarks”). The Trademarks may not be used in any manner by any person or in connection with any product or service, without the express written authorization of an officer or director of American Association of Notaries®. All other trademarks, service marks, and trade names are the property of their respective owners and are used on this site by virtue of a right or license from their respective owners.
Notice and Procedure for Making Claims of Copyright Infringement
Notice of Claimed Infringement
Pursuant to 17 U.S.C. § 512, claims of copyright infringement must be submitted to:
Kal Tabbara
P.O. Box 630884
Houston, Texas 77263
kal@usnotaries.com
To be effective, the notification must be a written communication that includes the following:
(i) A physical or electronic signature of a person authorized to act on behalf of the owner of an exclusive right that is allegedly infringed;
(ii) A reasonably detailed description of the alleged infringing material, or, if multiple copyrighted works are alleged to be infringing, a representative list of such works on this website;
(iii) A reasonably detailed description of where the alleged infringing material is located on this website;
(iv) Information reasonably sufficient to permit us to contact the complaining party, such as an address, telephone number, and, if available, an electronic mail address at which the complaining party may be contacted;
(v) A statement that the complaining party has a good-faith belief that use of the material in the manner complained of is not authorized by the copyright owner, its agent, or the law; and
(vi) A statement that the information in the notification is accurate, and under penalty of perjury, that the complaining party is authorized to act on behalf of the owner of an exclusive right that is allegedly infringed.
Counter-Notice
If you believe that your content that was removed pursuant to a Digital Millennium Copyright Act notice we received is not infringing, or that you have the authorization from the copyright owner, the copyright owner's agent, or pursuant to law, to post and use the content, you may send a counter-notice containing the following information to the Copyright Agent at the address listed above:
(i) Your physical or electronic signature;
(ii) Identification of the content that has been removed or to which access has been disabled and the location at which the content appeared before it was removed or disabled;
(iii) A statement that you have a good faith belief that the content was removed or disabled as a result of mistake or a misidentification of the content; and
(iv) Your name, address, telephone number, and e-mail address, a statement that you consent to the jurisdiction of the federal court in Harris County, Texas, and a statement that you will accept service of process from the person who provided notification of the alleged infringement.
If a counter-notice is received by the Copyright Agent, we may send a copy of the counter-notice to the original complaining party informing that person that it may replace the removed content or cease disabling it in 10 business days. Unless the copyright owner files an action seeking a court order against the content provider, member or user, the removed content may be replaced, or access to it restored, in 10 to 14 business days or more after receipt of the counter-notice, at our sole discretion.
General Submissions
American Association of Notaries® values and encourages feedback. Pursuant to American Association of Notaries’® policy, however, we do not accept or consider creative ideas, suggestions, or materials other than those specifically requested from you by American Association of Notaries®, if you choose to send any creative submissions to us, whether at American Association of Notaries’® request, or despite our request that you do not send submissions to us, then you hereby irrevocably assign and transfer to American Association of Notaries® any and all rights, throughout the universe, in and to each submission (including the individual elements of each submission), without any compensation therefore, including, without limitation, all domestic and foreign copyrights, trademark rights (and goodwill appurtenant thereto), patent rights, trade secret rights, know-how, and all other intellectual property rights and other rights, whether now existing or hereafter arising. To the extent moral rights may not be assigned or transferred, you hereby irrevocably waive enforcement of any and all moral rights. American Association of Notaries® shall be entitled to complete unrestricted use of the submissions and all content, data and information contained therein for any purpose, whether commercial or otherwise, without compensation to, or recognition or acknowledgment of, the author(s) or provider(s) of the submissions.
User Representations & Warranties
You represent and warrant that you are at least 18 years of age and have reached the age of majority in the location where you reside. If you desire to participate in one or more contests or promotions that may be offered by American Association of Notaries®, you further represent that you are a lawful resident of one of the states for which registration for contests or promotions is permitted. You further represent and warrant that you possess the legal right and ability to enter into this Agreement and to use the Site in accordance with this Agreement. You agree to be financially responsible and otherwise responsible for your use of the Site, and to comply with your responsibilities and obligations as stated in this Agreement. You further agree to (i) provide true, accurate, current and complete information about you as requested by the forms available on this Site; and (ii) to maintain and update your information to keep it secure, true, accurate, current, and complete. If you provide any information that is untrue, inaccurate, not current or incomplete, American Association of Notaries® has the right to terminate your account and refuse any and all current or future use of the Site.
You further represent and warrant that you will not provide to us the name, address, email address, phone number, or other personal identifying information of any person under the age of 13. Violation of this provision is grounds for immediate cancellation of any orders, goods, and services offered hereunder.
Governing Law, Jurisdiction, & Venue; Arbitration
All uses of the Site, and all content contained herein, including, without limitation, any disputes arising under or related to this Agreement, shall be governed by and interpreted pursuant to the laws of the State of Texas and the United States of America without regard for conflicts of laws principles. All disputes arising under or relating to the Agreement and/or your visitation, access or use of the Site, shall be submitted to and resolved by binding arbitration in Harris County, Texas, and any award shall be confirmed exclusively in the courts situated in Harris County, Texas. You further irrevocably agree and consent to the exclusive jurisdiction and venue of the courts situated in Harris County, Texas for the purposes of reviewing, confirming or otherwise relating to any arbitration award, and you hereby expressly waive jurisdiction and venue in any other forum for such purposes. Any arbitration shall be conducted on a confidential basis pursuant to the Commercial Arbitration Rules of the American Arbitration Association. Any decision or award as a result of any such arbitration proceeding shall be in writing and shall provide an explanation for all findings of fact and conclusions of law, and shall be kept confidential and not disclosed for any purpose except as required by law, e.g., disclosure to tax advisors for the purpose of filing a tax return. Any such arbitration shall include a written record of the arbitration hearing.
WAIVER OF CLASS ACTION/JURY TRIAL
ARBITRATION MUST BE ON AN INDIVIDUAL BASIS. YOU MAY NOT JOIN OR CONSOLIDATE CLAIMS OR PARTIES IN ARBITRATION, OR LITIGATE IN COURT OR ARBITRATE ANY CLAIMS AS A REPRESENTATIVE OR MEMBER OF A CLASS OR IN A PRIVATE ATTORNEY GENERAL CAPACITY, AND YOU HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVE ANY RIGHT YOU MAY HAVE TO FILE ANY SUCH CLAIM OR PARTICIPATE IN ANY PROCEEDING IN ANY SUCH CAPACITY. YOU FURTHER HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVE YOUR RIGHT TO A JURY TRIAL.
INDEMNIFICATION
YOU AGREE TO DEFEND, INDEMNIFY, AND HOLD HARMLESS AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF NOTARIES® AND ITS PARENT (IF ANY), SUBSIDIARIES, AFFILIATES, SUCCESSORS, AND ASSIGNS, AND EACH OF THE FOREGOING’S PAST, PRESENT AND FUTURE OFFICERS, DIRECTORS, EMPLOYEES, MEMBERS, MANAGERS, PARTNERS, SHAREHOLDERS, OWNERS, ASSOCIATES, JOINT VENTURERS, CONTRACTORS, ATTORNEYS, INSURERS, AGENTS AND REPRESENTATIVES (INDIVIDUALLY AND COLLECTIVELY, THE “INDEMNIFIED PARTIES”), FROM AND AGAINST ALL LIABILITIES, DAMAGES, CLAIMS, CAUSES OF ACTION, COSTS, ATTORNEY’S FEES, AND ALL OTHER COSTS AND EXPENSES, IN CONNECTION WITH, ARISING OUT OF, OR RELATING TO (I) YOUR ACTUAL OR ALLEGED BREACH OF THIS AGREEMENT (II) YOUR ACTUAL OR ALLEGED NEGLIGENT, WILFUL OR INTENTIONAL ACTIONS OR OMISSIONS ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO YOUR REGISTRATION, VISITATION OR USE OF THIS SITE; PURCHASE, POSSESSION, USE OR NONUSE OF ANY MERCHANDISE AS WELL AS YOUR PARTICIPATION IN ANY CONTEST OR OTHER PROMOTION. THE INDEMNIFIED PARTIES MAY, AT THEIR SOLE DISCRETION, CHOOSE TO PARTICIPATE IN THE DEFENSE OR ANY MATTER OR CLAIM OR NEGOTIATED SETTLEMENT. NO SETTLEMENT THAT MAY HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO AFFECT AN INDEMNIFIED PARTY’S RIGHTS IN ANY WAY SHALL BE ENTERED INTO WITHOUT SUCH INDEMNIFIED PARTY’S PRIOR WRITTEN APPROVAL.
LIMITATION OF LIABILITY
ACCESS TO AND USE OF THIS WEBSITE, SERVICES, AND APPLICATIONS IS PROVIDED ON AN “AS IS” BASIS. YOU AGREE THAT AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF NOTARIES® AND ITS PARENT (IF ANY), SUBSIDIARIES, AFFILIATES, SUCCESSORS, AND ASSIGNS, AND EACH OF THE FOREGOING’S PAST, PRESENT AND FUTURE OFFICERS, DIRECTORS, EMPLOYEES, MEMBERS, MANAGERS, PARTNERS, SHAREHOLDERS, OWNERS, ASSOCIATES, JOINT VENTURERS, CONTRACTORS, ATTORNEYS, INSURERS, AGENTS AND REPRESENTATIVES (INDIVIDUALLY AND COLLECTIVELY, THE “LIMITED PARTIES”), SHALL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY DAMAGES OF ANY KIND, OR FOR ANY INDEMNITY, REGARDLESS OF THE NATURE OR CAUSE OF THE DAMAGES OR INDEMNITY, THAT ARISE OUT OF OR RELATE TO YOUR VISITATION OR USE OF THIS SITE; PURCHASE, POSSESSION, USE OR NONUSE OF MERCHANDISE, OR THE OFFERING OF CONTENT, INFORMATION, GOODS, SERVICES, OR OTHER MATERIAL ON, OR ACCESSIBLE THROUGH, THIS WEBSITE AND/OR IN ANY EMAILS, NEWSLETTERS, OR IN ANY EXTERNALLY-LINKED THIRD PARTY SITE. WITHOUT LIMITING THE FOREGOING, THE LIMITED PARTIES SHALL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ACTUAL, DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, PUNITIVE, EXEMPLARY, SPECIAL, AND/OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES, OR FOR ANY OTHER CAUSE, LOSS, ACTION, CLAIM, OR DAMAGE, INCLUDING LOSS OF TIME, LOSS OF OPPORTUNITY, LOSS OF BUSINESS, LOSS OF EARNINGS, OR INJURY TO PERSON (INCLUDING DEATH) OR PROPERTY.
EXCEPT AS PROHIBITED BY LAW, IF THERE IS LIABILITY FOUND ON THE PART OF COMPANY, IT WILL BE LIMITED TO THE AMOUNT PAID FOR THE PRODUCTS AND/OR SERVICES, AND UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES WILL THERE BE CONSEQUENTIAL OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES.
DISCLAIMER OF ALL OTHER WARRANTIES
ALL PRODUCTS, SERVICES, APPLICATIONS, MATERIALS, INFORMATION, AND OTHER CONTENT ON THIS SITE ARE PROVIDED ON AN “AS IS” BASIS. AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF NOTARIES® MAKES NO REPRESENTATIONS OR WARRANTIES OF ANY TYPE, NEITHER EXPRESS NOR IMPLIED, AS TO THE OPERATION OF THE SITE OR THE INFORMATION, MATERIALS, CONTENT, PRODUCTS, SERVICES, OR APPLICATIONS CONTAINED HEREIN. AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF NOTARIES® EXPRESSLY DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES OF ALL TYPES, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
IN PARTICULAR, BUT WITHOUT LIMITATION, WE DO NOT GUARANTEE THE INFORMATION PRINTED ON OUR NOTARY STAMP AND NOTARIAL CERTIFICATE PADS, OR INFORMATION PRINTED ON ANY OF OUR PRODUCTS THAT IS LISTED ON OUR WEBSITE COMPLY WITH YOUR STATE NOTARY LAW. WE HAVE MADE EFFORTS TO ENSURE ALL OUR SERVICES, APPLICATIONS, CONTENTS, STAMP INK COLORS, STAMPS LAYOUTS AND THE REQUIRED INFORMATION PRINTED ON ANY OF OUR NOTARY PRODUCTS ARE CORRECT AND COMPLY WITH YOUR STATE’S NOTARY LAW. HOWEVER, IT IS THE NOTARY’S RESPONSIBILITY TO KNOW THEIR STATE'S NOTARY LAWS AND TO VERIFY THE PRODUCTS THEY RECEIVE FROM US OR THE APPLICATIONS AND SERVICES THEY USE ON OUR WEBSITE COMPLY WITH THEIR STATE'S NOTARY LAWS.
THE INFORMATION PROVIDED ON THIS WEBSITE IS FOR INFORMATIONAL PURPOSES ONLY AND IS NOT INTENDED AS LEGAL ADVICE. WE DO NOT GUARANTEE THE ACCURACY, COMPLETENESS, OR RELIABILITY OF THE INFORMATION PROVIDED. YOU SHOULD ALWAYS SEEK THE ADVICE OF A LICENSED ATTORNEY FOR ANY LEGAL MATTERS.
NOTARY LOCATOR DIRECTORY AND USE
THE NOTARY DIRECTORY IS AN ONLINE DIRECTORY THAT CONNECTS USERS WITH NOTARIES. THE INFORMATION AVAILABLE ON THE DIRECTORY, INCLUDING NOTARY PROFILES, SERVICE DESCRIPTIONS, AND CONTACT INFORMATION, IS PROVIDED BY THE NOTARIES THEMSELVES. WHILE WE MAKE EVERY EFFORT TO ENSURE THE INFORMATION PROVIDED BY THE NOTARIES IS ACCURATE AND CURRENT, WE CANNOT GUARANTEE ITS COMPLETENESS OR RELIABILITY. BY USING THE SITE, YOU ACKNOWLEDGE THAT ANY RELIANCE ON THE INFORMATION IS AT YOUR OWN RISK.
Site Usage Policy
The Site may be used only for lawful purposes. The transmission, storage, routing, or presentation of any information, data or material in violation of any applicable local, state, or federal law or regulation, or in violation of this Site Usage Policy is strictly prohibited. Examples of such information, data, or material include unauthorized reproduction, publication, distribution or other use of copyrighted works, patents, inventions, trademarks, trade secrets; research, development, plans, materials or other data that are prohibited by the United States Export Control Regulations; or the dissemination of harmful, harassing, or fraudulent content. Any conduct by any user that constitutes harassment, fraud, stalking, abuse, or a violation of applicable law is strictly prohibited. Using the Site to perform, or solicit the performance of, any illegal activity is also strictly prohibited.
In addition to the forgoing, the following uses are strictly prohibited and all users agree not to engage in such conduct, directly or indirectly:
a. Posting or transmitting any unsolicited advertising, promotional materials, junk mail, "spam," chain letters/emails, telephone calls or any other form of solicitation to anyone.
b. Spamming any email address that appears on the Site.
c. Posting any multi-level-marketing, pyramid scheme, "club membership," distributorship or sales representative agency arrangement or other business or commercial opportunity.
d. Including any hidden text in your postings, including words in white or otherwise invisible font.
e. Deleting or revising any material posted by any other person or entity.
f. If you have a password allowing access to a nonpublic area of the Site, you are prohibited from sharing or disclosing it to any third party, and from allowing any third party to access the Site under your account.
g. Using, or attempting to use, any engine, software, tool, agent or other device or mechanism (including without limitation browsers, spiders, bots, avatars or intelligent agents) to navigate or search the Site, other than (i) the search engine and search agents available on the Site, and (ii) generally available third-party web browsers.
h. Accessing the Site by any means other than through the interface that is provided for use in accessing the Site.
i. Attempting to decipher, decompile, disassemble or reverse engineer any of the software comprising a part of the Site.
j. Aggregating, copying or duplicating in any manner any of the materials or information available from the Site.
k. Framing of or linking to any of the materials or information available from the Site.
Changes to Service
We reserve the right to modify or discontinue any part of our website or service, including any features or content provided through it, at our discretion and without prior notice. We are not liable for any temporary or permanent unavailability of the service, in whole or in part, at any time. Periodically, access to certain sections of the service, or the entire service, may be restricted, including for registered users.
Miscellaneous
This Agreement constitutes the entire agreement between you and “American Association of Notaries® regarding the use of the “American Association of Notaries® Services. The failure of “American Association of Notaries® to exercise or enforce any right or provision of this Agreement shall not operate as a waiver of such right or provision. The section titles in this Agreement are for convenience only and have no legal or contractual effect. This Agreement operates to the fullest extent permissible by law. This Agreement and your account may not be assigned by you without our express written consent. “American Association of Notaries® may assign any or all of its rights and obligations to others at any time. If any provision or part of a provision of this Agreement is unlawful, void or unenforceable, that provision or part of the provision is deemed severable from this Agreement and does not affect the validity and enforceability of any remaining provisions. There is no joint venture, partnership, employment or agency relationship created between you and “American Association of Notaries® as a result of this Agreement or use of the Website and “American Association of Notaries® Services. Upon “American Association of Notaries® request, you will furnish “American Association of Notaries® any documentation, substantiation or releases necessary to verify your compliance with this Agreement. You agree that this Agreement will not be construed against “American Association of Notaries® by virtue of having drafted them. You hereby waive any and all defenses you may have based on the electronic form of this Agreement and the lack of signing by the parties hereto to execute this Agreement
Term and Termination
This Agreement shall remain in full force and effect while you use the Website or any service or are otherwise a user or member of the Website, as applicable. You may terminate your use or participation at any time, for any reason, by following the instructions for terminating user accounts in your account settings, if available, or by contacting us using the contact information below. Any provisions of this Agreement that, in order to fulfill the purposes of such provisions, need to survive the termination or expiration of this Agreement, shall be deemed to survive for as long as necessary to fulfill such purposes.
Acknowledgement
By using our website or any services we provide, you acknowledge that you have read and agree to be bound by these Terms of Service.
Contact Us
In order to resolve a complaint regarding the Company Services or to receive further information regarding use of the Company Services, please contact Company as set forth below or, if any complaint with us is not satisfactorily resolved, and you are a California resident, you can contact the Complaint Assistance Unit of the Division of Consumer Services of the Department of Consumer Affairs in writing at 400 "R" Street, Sacramento, California 95814 or by telephone at 1-916-445-1254.
American Association of Notaries, Inc.
7438 Park Place Blvd.
Houston, Texas 77087
sales@usnotaries.com
713-644-2299
Notary bonds and errors and omissions insurance policies provided by this insurance agency, American Association of Notaries, Inc., are underwritten by Western Surety Company, Universal Surety of America, or Surety Bonding Company of America, which are subsidiaries of CNA Surety.