Last week, Linda  of San Francisco, California  called Mobile Signing Services(MSS)  and requested assistance and  help for the signing, notarization and apostille of Durable  Financial Power of Attorney urgently needed  here in California and in the Philippines for her elderly mother confined in a convalescent hospital in Concord, California.

Linda scheduled  the signing and notarization of the Durable Financial Power of Attorney last Saturday, 11:30  am , October 18, 2025 at the convalescent hospital in Concord, California. Before the appointment, I told Linda to have three copies of the documents and three copies of I.D. Ready. 

My beloved Virginia Jimenez Madlaing and I drove from our home in San Francisco and arrived at the convalescent hospital by 11:00 am (30 minutes early)  last Saturday, October 18, 2025 in Concord, California. 

 After registering at the Front Desk, my wife and I were instructed to wait for Linda’s mother inside the dining hall of the convalescent hospital. Within few minutes, Linda and her mother in a wheelchair arrived in our table at the dining hall.

After some preliminaries,  Linda’s mother initialed  and signed the five pages of Durable  Financial Power of Attorney covering BANKING, SAFE DEPOSIT BOX, LENDING OR BORROWING, GOVERNMENT BENEFITS, RETIREMENT PLAN, TAXES, INSURANCE, REAL ESTARE, PERSONL PROPERTY, POWER TO MANAGE PROPERTY, GIFTS, LEGAL ADVICE AND PROCEEDINGS. Then, Linda’s mother signed my Journal of Notarial Acts and put her right thumb mark.

Linda, as the Attorney-in-Fact, also signed the Durable Financial Power of Attorney Then, Linda signed my Journal of Notarial Acts and put her right thumb mark.

The Durable Financial Power of Attorney required two WITNESSES to the signatures.. My beloved wife Virginia Jimenez Madlaing served and signed as one of the WITNESSES to the signatures. Jovie, working as CNA at the convalescent hospital served and signed as one of the WITNESSEES to the signatures.

In the SPECIAL INSTRUCTIONS, the document is good both in California and in the Philippines and is governed by the laws of the State of California and laws of the Republic of the Philippines.

After the signing, witnessing and notarization of the documents, it was subsequently submitted to the Secretary of State, Notary Public Section in Sacramento, California for apostille.

Linda and her mother were very appreciative and thankful for the efficient, prompt, professional and complete services we rendered to them

We at the Mobile Signing Services (MSS) are committed and will continue to assist and help old and new clients particularly the elderly, veterans and those physically handicapped in the notarization and apostille of Affidavits, Special Power of Attorney, DEED OF DONATION, Waiver of Rights, Proof of Life, DEED OF ABSOLUTE SALE, Deed of Extrajudicial Settlement of Estate and other documents needed in the Philippines and the other member nations of the Hague Apostille Convention. Here are some advantages and benefits with MSS:

1.AVOID TAKE OFF FROM WORK – You don’t need to take off from work and drive to Sacramento or Los Angeles just to submit notarized documents to the Secretary of State, Notary Public Section, for apostille. MSS will take care everything for you.

2. DISCOUNTS FOR THE ELDERLY AND VETERANS – We offer special discounts for the elderly and veterans.  

3.SAVINGS ON GAS AND MILEAGE FEES –  We encourage old and new clients to come to our home office in San Francisco, California for savings on gas and mileage fees ($60 to $130).

 4. FREE PARKING –  When we had our office at the at the Philippine Center near the Philippine Consulate Office in downtown San Francisco, our old clients were complaining for the expensive parking fees. With our home office now in San Francisco, old and new clients can have FREE parking on our driveway and the available street parking spaces.  If you can’t drive, you can take the BART up to the Balboa Park/ Geneva Avenue BART Station and we’ll pick you up.

5. MULTIPLE DOCUMENTS AND MULTIPLE SIGNATURES DISCOUNTS – We offer 5% to 10% discounts on multiple documents and multiple signatures for old and new clients.

6.DOCUMENTS PREPARATION DISCOUNTS – With our paralegal and lawyer-friends, we offer special discounts in the draft and preparation of documents for old and new clients.

7. VERY FLEXIBLE APPOINTMENTS – We have very flexible appointments for old and new clients during regular office hours, after office hours and weekends except on Sundays

8. FLEXIBLE LOCATION OF APPOINTMENTS:  If old and new clients can’t come to our home-office in San Francisco, we can do the signing and notarization of documents in the privacy of homes, offices, schools, restaurants, BART lobby, hospitals, Post Offi8ce Station lobby and other locations.

9. CONVENIENCE AND PEACE OF MIND –  Like Linda and her mother who availed themselves with the complete, efficient, prompt and unique services at MSS, you can have complete convenience and peace of mind.

  Most of the time, it is more convenient and economical for you to avail yourself with the unique and complete services at MSS.

 For immediate help and assistance in the notarization and apostille follow-up of all notarized documents needed in the Philippines and the other member nations of the Hague Apostille Convention, just write or contact: MOBILE SIGNING SERVICES, 730 Madrid Street, San Francisco, CA 94112 Tel. (650) 438-3531 or (415) 584-7095 or email:agmadlaing@hotmail.com

(ART GABOT MADLAING is accredited and commissioned Notary Public and licensed Real Estate Broker (DRE# 00635976) in California since 1981. He is founder of MOBILE SIGNING SERVICES, FITNESS FOR HUMANITY (aka FITNESS FOR CHRIST) and ACAPINOY. Art is active Evangelist with the GOLDEN GATE CHURCH OF CHRIST in San Francisco, California.)