Posted by MobileZ71 on 1/23/11 4:17pm
Msg #369772

Basic Notary question filling out a signature Affidavit

My question is, who's name goes in the blank section below after the wording of........Subscribed and sworn (affirmed) before me__________________. Would it be John Doe, or would it be me the Notary?
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This is to certify that my legal signature is as written and typed below.
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John Doe
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I’m also known as
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John P. Doe
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And that John Doe and John P. Doe
Are one and the same person.
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State of:
County of:
Subscribed and sworn (affirmed) before me_______________________________this__12th___day of___January, 2011



____________________
Notary Public in and for
The State of
County of
My commission Expires:

Reply by SReis on 1/23/11 4:22pm
Msg #369773

I normally write ", (my name) by (borrowers name)."

Reply by Linda_H/FL on 1/23/11 4:24pm
Msg #369777

The notary n/m

Reply by MobileZ71 on 1/23/11 4:36pm
Msg #369779

Re: The notary

Thanks.

Reply by CopperheadVA on 1/23/11 4:43pm
Msg #369780

I would write, "by John A. Doe".

I know it *looks* like it's intended for the notary name, but that info is on my stamp and I also always print my name under the notary signature line. I ALWAYS include the borrower name in my certificates, so that is the way I would handle it.

Reply by Donna McDaniel on 1/23/11 6:12pm
Msg #369785

Agree w/ Copperhead

........Subscribed and sworn (affirmed) before me by John A. Doe who has produced a driver's license as identification.

Reply by Donna McDaniel on 1/23/11 7:40pm
Msg #369788

Correction....

Subscribed and sworn (affirmed) before me on (date) by John A. Doe who has produced a driver's license as identification.
What's required, in FL anyway.

Reply by jba/fl on 1/23/11 11:48pm
Msg #369804

Re: Correction....

Subscribed and sworn (affirmed) before me jba/fl, notary public, on today by John A. Doe who has produced a driver's license as identification.

Reply by Les_CO on 1/23/11 4:47pm
Msg #369781

Who is me?......Me means you! …Me…. a name I call myself….Julie got it right. Or did she?
Or is it….who’s on First?
Man...this stuff is hard!
Thanks NNA!

Reply by Stephanie_CA on 1/24/11 10:39am
Msg #369842

Re: Basic Notary question filling out a signature Aff...:) n/m

Reply by parkerc/ME on 1/23/11 6:18pm
Msg #369786

Agree with Julie and Les on this one. If it said "....before me by _______ " then I'd put affiant's name, but lacking the "by", I put my name.

Reply by parkerc/ME on 1/23/11 6:18pm
Msg #369787

Correction: Agree with Linda and Les n/m

Reply by MobileZ71 on 1/23/11 8:58pm
Msg #369794

Re: Correction: Agree with Linda and Les

I'm very confused now, more then before. At first I thought it would be my name (the Notary).

Reply by JulieD/KS on 1/23/11 9:05pm
Msg #369795

Re: Correction: Agree with Linda and Les

It is your name. If it says "....before me___________" then the notary's name goes in the blank.

If it says ".....before me by_______" then it's the affiant's name.

It used to confuse me, too. Darned notary language anyway!

Reply by Susan Fischer on 1/23/11 10:45pm
Msg #369800

That would be "me," the Notary Public. I insert my

name, and if there is room, "My Name, Notary Pulbic."

"...signed and sworn before me..." John Doe didn't swear or sign before himself.

JMHO.

Reply by jba/fl on 1/23/11 11:55pm
Msg #369805

It really helps to have worked in law offices. n/m

Reply by MW/VA on 1/24/11 8:27am
Msg #369814

Doesn't anyone else find it scarey that notaries don't know

how to complete the basic notarial certificates?

Reply by enotary/va on 1/24/11 10:06am
Msg #369835

Re: Doesn't anyone else find it scarey that notaries don't know

Doesn't surprise me..... In Virginia all you do is read a little book and you are a notary.... The next thing you do is a signing to make a lot of money.... We read stupid questions all the time....

Reply by FlaNotary2 on 1/24/11 11:54am
Msg #369853

When I teach classes I always emphasize the importance

of filling out the certificate correctly.

I always do "certificate correcting" exercises and NO ONE ever gets them right. The point is to emphasize that you can't just "skim over" the certificate or just "fill in the blanks". You have to actually READ the certificate to find out what its asking you to do, to correct it to comply with state law, and to verify that its not asking you to certify anything you can't - like residency or age.

For experienced notaries it takes a few seconds to skim over a certificate and make corrections, but new notaries are overwhelmed. I wish our course was a week long training program rather than a three hour class. Process servers have to take a week long class on how to hand people papers... I think the role of notaries should be taken more seriously.