FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE                        
October 12, 2001

                    NEWS MEDIA CONTACT:
                    John Winston, (202) 418-7450
                     jwinston@fcc.gov

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       FCC IMPOSES $90,000 FINE AGAINST US NOTARY, INC. 
     FOR VIOLATIONS OF THE TCPA REGARDING UNSOLICITED FAXES
                                
                                
                                
Washington, D.C.   Today the Federal Communications Commission
(Commission) released an order imposing a $90,000 fine against US Notary, Inc.
(US Notary) for violating the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) and the
Commission's implementing rules by faxing unsolicited advertisements to consumers. 

The Commission determined that US Notary violated the TCPA and the
Commission's rules on 20 separate occasions by sending unsolicited fax
advertisements to consumers after receiving a written warning from the Commission's
Enforcement Bureau that subsequent unsolicited faxes of this type could result in
monetary forfeitures. The Commission fined US Notary $4,500 for each of the 20
violations.  


Action by the Commission, adopted on October 3, 2001 by Forfeiture Order (FCC 01-
301), Commissioner Abernathy issuing a separate statement.


File No. EB-00-TC-011


Enforcement Bureau contacts:  John Winston at (202) 418-7450, and Kurt Schroeder at
(202) 418-0966.