Exhibit A
Notaries work in Stockton
Stockton has a steady base of notary work tied to its role as the seat of San Joaquin County. The courthouse, the county recorder and the downtown legal offices around them generate a regular flow of documents that need witnessing, and the city's large stock of older housing means a lot of property paperwork passes through escrow and title offices. Mobile notaries cover the wide spread of the city, from the older neighbourhoods near downtown out to the newer subdivisions north of the Calaveras River. Most of the notary businesses here are owner operators working alone or in small partnerships rather than franchises, so the searches people make tend to land on individual names and on mobile services that come to them. That is the demand available: people in Stockton typing for a notary who can meet them today, near them, or at a hospital or care home.
