The other day i was at the client's home and his elderly mother who spoke only in Spanish wanted to issue a POA to her son. I identified her-- she had a valid CA ID. The POA was in English though, and i was not sure if I should notarize the doc, since she spoke Spanish and i speak only little Spanish-- I asked her if she knew who i ma and she answered "Notario"
So far so good, and I asked her if she knew she was signing "Poder Notarial" which translated in English means Power of attorney. She replied "si si"
Somehow I didn’t do it though she was keen that I notarize and she appeared glad to sign the POA. I asked her son to get a Spanish speaking Notary, and I left. Later on I realized I should have gone ahead with the notarization taking into consideration all narrated above.. After all we are here to serve the public ( and make a living too) What do you think guys?
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