Just like the signatures being notarized, I've never thought of a witness signature as being part of a document. (I doubt you'll find any reference to that in our handbook.) Also, I've also always heard that here in CA, we CAN be one of the witnesses, when dealing with a recordable document. (It's been ages, so I have no idea where I originally heard that...  ) I've done it many times myself and have never heard any feedback one way or the other, so I assume everything recorded OK.
Speaking in more general terms, one attorney with whom I've been doing trust executions for many years routinely has some documents that have me both notarizing AND signing as the second witness. (He's the other witness.) This guy is very anal and by the book, so he's set up his docs that way, it's probably not an issue. |
