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Posted by  Marian_in_CA on 7/27/11 10:56am
I answered, that, too, Robert. Obviously, if we know somebody is swearing to something we absolutely know to be untrue... we have an out.
The problem, in this case, is the "reasonably believe" part. Who is the notary to dictate or determine what somebody *else* reasonably believes to be true?
Look at it from another way... I have certain religious beliefs that I feel are absolutely true. There are lots people out there who think people like me are idiots cult members and completely wrong. They may have an opinion that I'm wrong, and some of them may even feel they have 100% knowledge that I'm wrong... but it doesn't matter, because it's what I believe to be true.
As a Notary, in this case, we better have 100% for certain knowledge that the person is LYING about their belief. Remember that the person isn't swearing to a fact here... but to a "reasonable belief" -- so unless the person outright says that they believe the person can get some ID, then I'm not going to force my opinion on them. And when it comes to "very difficult or impossible" it's all relative/subjective opinion. |
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