For renewing notaries

The 3-Hour Refresher

If you hold a current California commission and you act before it expires, the state lets you renew with a three-hour refresher instead of the full six-hour course. Five modules, 180 tracked minutes, weighted to what changed and what the exam tests hardest.

Opening soon — planned launch pricing: $79 list, $49 at launch. Our own graduates renew for $39 — staying with us always costs less than starting over.

Who qualifies

The refresher has two conditions

Your commission is still current — you complete the refresher and file your renewal before the expiration date printed on your commission.
You have completed the 6-hour course at least once — in this commission term or an earlier one.

Miss the deadline and the state has no grace period: an expired commission means the 6-hour course again. That cliff is exactly why our portal tracks your commission's expiry date and reminds you at 180, 90, 30, and 7 days out.

Curriculum

Five modules, 180 minutes

Module	Time
1. Law Updates Since Your Last Term What changed in the 2026 Handbook and in notary law since your last commission — the deltas the renewal exam loves to test.	60 min
2. The Acts, Refreshed Acknowledgments, jurats, and proof of execution, done right: current wording, certificate completion, and the classic errors.	40 min
3. Journal & Identification, Refreshed Sequential journal entries, satisfactory evidence, credible witnesses — the two areas where experienced notaries get casual and get cited.	35 min
4. Fees, Misconduct & Penalty Refresher The §8211 fee schedule, prohibited charges, and the misconduct grounds that end commissions.	25 min
5. Refresher Check + Renewal Steps A final check, then the renewal sequence itself: exam and application filed before your commission expires.	20 min
Total tracked seat time	180 min

Same engine as the 6-hour course: video-first lessons, plain-language summaries, per-module checks with cited explanations, progress saved across sessions, and your Proof of Completion the instant you finish — valid two years, stored permanently in your portal.

Join the founding list

Enrollment opens the moment state approval is issued. Founding-list members get first access, the launch price, and free Lesson 1 plus the free practice exam as soon as they are ready.

Waitlist only — no course is being sold and no payment is taken yet.