Q. Am I required to see the person sign the document at the time I perform the notarization? A. It depends on the document being notarized. When preparing a jurat, the person requesting the jurat must appear before you, take an oath, and sign the document in your presence. When preparing a certificate of acknowledgment, the document can be executed before the person brings it to you for notarization. In an acknowledgment, the signer must personally appear before you and acknowledge that the signer executed the document, not that the signer executed the document in your presence. For both a jurat and an acknowledgment, the notary public must certify to the identity of the signer. (Civil Code section 1189 and Government Code section 8202) |
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| Fidelity Title Manager-no oath, no notarization, no sig - sigtogo/OR on 8/23/14 9:49am |
| Re: Fidelity Title Manager-no oath, no notarization, no sig - VT_Syrup on 8/23/14 10:01am |
| Needing a second cup of coffee VT? lol - sigtogo/OR on 8/23/14 10:31am |
| Re: Needing a second cup of coffee VT? lol - VT_Syrup on 8/23/14 10:51am |
| Curious, Why would you say that? n/m - Notarysigner on 8/23/14 10:50am |
| Re: Curious, Why would you say that? - VT_Syrup on 8/23/14 10:56am |
| cash closings - Luckydog on 8/23/14 11:12am |
| Thanks all I know is about Ca. ... - Notarysigner on 8/23/14 11:26am |
| Re: Thanks all I know is about Ca. ... - VT_Syrup on 8/23/14 11:41am |
| Re: Thanks all I know is about Ca. ... - LKT/CA on 8/23/14 12:28pm |
| Obviously if you're being requested to sign a journal - desktopfull on 8/23/14 11:34am |
| Does your state require that they notarize in front of you? - NCLisa on 8/23/14 12:00pm |
| Re: Does your state require that they notarize in front of you? - Notarysigner on 8/23/14 1:28pm |
| Re: Does your state require that they notarize in front of you? - NCLisa on 8/23/14 4:10pm |
| Re: Does your state require that they notarize in front of you? - Notarysigner on 8/23/14 4:49pm |
| Re: Does your state require that they notarize in front of you? - NCLisa on 8/23/14 7:32pm |
| Re: Does your state require that they notarize in front of you? n/m - Notarysigner on 8/24/14 10:30am |
| now....signer signs Docs, you go to lunch with - Notarysigner on 8/23/14 1:32pm |
| Re: now....signer signs Docs, you go to lunch with - Luckydog on 8/23/14 1:57pm |
| An excerpt from CA Newsletter dated January 2013 reads: n/m - Yoli/CA on 8/23/14 2:34pm |
| Re: An excerpt from CA Newsletter dated January 2013 reads: - Yoli/CA on 8/23/14 2:36pm |
| I did what NCLisa did - LKT/CA on 8/23/14 4:43pm |
| Where does it say that that is now "law" in CA? n/m - JanetK_CA on 8/23/14 11:05pm |
| Re: Where does it say that that is now "law" in CA? - JanetK_CA on 8/23/14 11:08pm |
| Janet: Page 3, #1 of the 2013 Newsletter n/m - LKT/CA on 8/24/14 7:00pm |
| Re: Janet: Page 3, #1 of the 2013 Newsletter - JanetK_CA on 8/25/14 1:44pm |
| Key here is our Journal must be sequential with - Notarysigner on 8/23/14 3:25pm |
| If that's what you are doing, you are violating the presence - desktopfull on 8/24/14 2:27pm |
| Suppose you become incapacitated before getting back to your - desktopfull on 8/23/14 3:49pm |
| I agree with James’. - Stoli on 8/23/14 2:23pm |
| Oops - time the document is signed. Not 'documents' n/m - Stoli on 8/23/14 2:24pm |
| Good point, desktopfull - Also See GC 8214(d) - Stoli on 8/23/14 3:58pm |
| Good for you, I knew it was around but couldn't - Notarysigner on 8/23/14 4:52pm |
| Re: Good point, desktopfull - Also See GC 8214(d) - JanetK_CA on 8/23/14 11:18pm |
| Re: Fidelity Title Manager-no oath, no notarization, no sig - Art_PA on 8/24/14 7:26am |
| Re: Fidelity Title Manager-no oath, no notarization, no sig - jnew on 8/24/14 11:37am |