You already have what permit running companies are looking for.
Background check. Insurance. Professionalism. You're a professional who shows up, communicates, and handles business.
That is exactly why signing services are already routing permit running assignments to notaries.
Add a real income stream to your notary business — without waiting for signings, and without turning down assignments you could have said yes to.
The only thing standing between you and that income is knowing what to do when the assignment comes in.
This course closes that gap.
After Completing This Course You Will:
- Know exactly what permit running is, what it requires, and how to complete every type of assignment with confidence — so the next time one comes in, you accept it instead of declining it.
- Understand how to fit permit runs into your existing schedule without the pressure of loan signing deadlines — because this work moves on your timeline, not a closing table's.
- Communicate professionally at every step of the process — with the contractors, the businesses, and the signing services routing you work — so you get added to preferred lists and keep getting called.
- Market your permit running services as a legitimate business offering — so you are not waiting for an assignment to find you, you are building the relationships that send them consistently.
Who it's for:Â
This course is for the notary who:
Has received a permit running assignment and declined it because they did not know what it involved — and wondered afterward if they should have said yes.
Is tired of income that only comes in when a signing lands and wants a service they can offer between appointments, in the areas they are already driving through.
Wants to work directly with contractors, construction companies, and businesses — not just assignment platforms.
Is ready to be the notary in their area who has options, not just availability.
This course is not for someone looking for a passive income shortcut. Permit running is real work. It requires communication, organization, and follow-through. What this course gives you is the structure to do it right — from the first assignment forward.
You have probably seen an assignment come through that was not a signing.
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And you passed on it.
Permit run. Document drop. Municipal submission.
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Maybe the pay looked lower than what you expected. Maybe you did not know what it actually involved. Maybe you thought it was outside your lane as a notary.
Permit running companies specifically seek out notaries for these assignments.
Not because notarizing is involved. Because you already have what they require. You passed a background check. You carry insurance. You operate with a level of professionalism that most independent contractors cannot guarantee.
They already trust you. They are already routing work to notaries. The assignments are already out there.
The gap is not opportunity. The gap is knowledge.
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Kimberly built this course because she saw it from the other side. As the owner of Seal the Deal National Signing Service, she has worked with permit running companies that use notaries for these assignments. She watched notaries decline work they were already qualified to do — because nobody had ever explained what it was or what to do with it.
This course is that explanation. Start to finish
- Luann R. | Notary Academy Permit Runner Graduate
"I was able to accept my first assignment offer after going through this course. The guidebook has been an extremely beneficial reference as I have accepted different assignments that I had never previously taken on. I have since become a preferred runner for the areas that I cover regularly. This course made it easy to navigate and I enjoy the change of pace from loan signing."
What you get:
Permit Runner Certification Course — $147
Full Permit Runner Training Ten modules covering every stage of the permit running process — from understanding what a permit runner does to completing assignments, managing revisions, handling document organization, and communicating at every step. This is not theory. This is the actual workflow, taught by someone who has operated on both sides of the assignment. Value: Confidence to accept any permit running assignment that comes in.
Permit Runner's Guidebook This is not a summary of the course. It is not a quick-reference card. It is an in-depth guide built to function as your operational companion for as long as you are doing this work. The kind of resource you return to before an unfamiliar assignment, when a question comes up at a municipal office, or when you are training someone else on your team. Most courses give you a handout. This gives you a reference that outlasts the course itself. Value: The resource that makes you the most prepared permit runner in your market.
Sample Runner Intake Form A ready-to-use document that establishes your process with clients immediately. This is the difference between running assignments informally and running a service. Value: The tool that signals you operate as a business, not a favor.
Marketing and Income Strategy Training How to position permit running as a service offering, how to identify where the work is in your area, and how to build the relationships that keep assignments coming. Because finding the work is part of the work. Value: A path to consistent permit running income, not one-time jobs.
Certification Exam and Professional Certificate Upon completion, you earn a recognized certification you can add to your professional profiles and use when introducing your services to clients and signing services. Value: The credential that opens doors with the companies already routing permit running assignments to notaries.
Total value: Everything you need to accept your first permit run, complete it correctly, and position yourself to keep getting called.
Notaries treat their commission like a ceiling.
Get commissioned. Get on the platforms. Wait.
But the commission was never meant to be a ceiling. It was always a foundation. The background check you passed, the insurance you carry, the professional accountability you operate under — those are assets that extend far beyond notarizations.
Permit running companies already know this. They are already looking for notaries. They are already routing assignments.
The notary who understands this builds a business that does not stop when signings slow down. They have a second lane. A third call they can make. A service they can offer to a contractor they meets through a signing — because they knows what they can do and how to say it.
That notary is not lucky. They're prepared.
Here is what Kimberly saw running Seal the Deal National Signing Service.
Permit running companies were specifically requesting notaries. Not because of the commission — because of what the commission represents. Verified identity. Background clearance. Professional conduct.
The notaries who knew what permit running was said yes. They got added to preferred lists. They got called for the next assignment. And the one after that.
The notaries who did not know passed on the work and never knew what they left behind.
This course exists because the second group deserves to be in the first one.
Meet Your Leader
Kimberly Sennett did not build this course from a textbook.
She built it from the desk where permit running assignments get routed — and from watching notaries decline work they were already trusted to do.
As the founder of Notary Academy and the owner of Seal the Deal National Signing Service, Kimberly operates on both sides of this industry simultaneously. She teaches from inside the industry, not from the outside looking in.
Her credential: Master Notary, awarded by the American Guild of Notaries Public — the highest recognition level the organization confers.
Her philosophy has never changed: passing the exam is not the standard. Understanding the work, doing it correctly, and building something sustainable from it — that is the standard.
She built the Permit Runner Certification Course because the opportunity was already there. Notaries were already being called. She wanted them to be ready to answer.
Enroll Now - Start Your CertificationThe next permit running assignment that comes in — you will know exactly what to do with it.
You will know what the job involves. You will know what to communicate and when. You will know how to complete it correctly and what to do to get called again.
That is what $147 buys you. A yes you can say with confidence the next time an assignment lands.
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