Be careful to distinguish the requirements for witnesses for different kinds of documents.
On this forum, people often loosely refer to witness states and non-witness states. They are probably referring to the witness requirements for deeds, deeds of trust, and mortgages. When they say the notary may be a witness in a certain state, they mean the notary may be a witness to one of these documents. (In a few states the witness requirements are not all the same for deeds, deeds of trust, and mortgages.)
The witness requirements for a will is likely to be entirely different.
In my state, short term powers of attorney for real estate transactions don't need a witness, but other kinds of POA do. |
