Posted by jennifer_in_va on 7/22/05 4:45pm
Msg #53942

oaths

does anyone who is a notary in virginia know if you are supposed to make the borrowers take an oath when going to do a loan signing.

any help would be appreciated.

jennifer

Reply by PAW_Fl on 7/22/05 5:26pm
Msg #53955

The giving of an oath is not dependent on whether or not you are doing a loan signing, but if there are documents that require you to give the oath and sign a jurat. Typically, in a loan package there are affidavits and statements that the signers swear or affirm to the statements being true and accurate. So, given that, then you would probably be giving the signers at least one oath during the process. (Please note that there are packages in which there are no sworn statements, no jurats, thus no need to give an oath. )

Reply by Shannon/Va on 7/22/05 5:51pm
Msg #53962

No jurat's in Va

Reply by CA Notary on 7/22/05 6:01pm
Msg #53966

From Page 7 of the Office of the Secretary of Commonwealth of Virginia Notary Handbook:

B) Jurat (requires that an oath be administered by the notary- See OATHS):
City/County of ______________________
Commonwealth of Virginia
The foregoing instrument was subscribed and sworn
before me this ___ day of ___, 20 _____ by
_______________________________________
(name of person seeking jurat)
_______________________________
Notary Public
My commission expires: ______________________________

Reply by Shannon_Va on 7/22/05 8:07pm
Msg #53997

Must be in a new book. It isn't in mine, I just looked.

Reply by CA Notary on 7/22/05 9:22pm
Msg #54009

I took this right off of the Secretary of the Commonwealth web site. There is a downloadable PDF Notary Handbook on the site.

Reply by PAW_Fl on 7/22/05 10:38pm
Msg #54030

My copy is dated July 1, 2003 and, as Cali said, it's on page 7 (though the pages aren't numbered).

On the fourth page it lists the NOTARY’S POWERS:
A notary has the power to perform various official acts, known as “notarial acts”. The Code of Virginia specifies five basic notarial acts:
1. Taking Acknowledgments
2. Administering Oaths
3. Certifying affidavits
4. Certifying depositions
5. Certifying “true copies” of documents

Administering Oaths is covered on the 7th page.

I don't know if there's a new version of the handbook or not.

Reply by PAW_Fl on 7/22/05 10:39pm
Msg #54031

Oops, it wasn't Cali it was CA notary who also pointed it out.