I have been fighting this insanity since I became a CO notary, to no avail. CO notary law is set up to FORCE notaries to attest to capacity in their certificates: Husband/wife; president of Acme Widgets; trustee; or whatever. The POA capacity is the worst (as you've noticed), taking the insanity to a whole new level. CO even provides acknowledgment samples in the Notary Handbook on how this is to be done. I keep saying I don't have the faintest idea if somebody is or is not married, if so and so is a partner in some LLC, etc. But they don't care. And if I crossed capacity out in a prepared certificate out, there would be heck to pay. Fortunately, you as a CA notary don't have to play along with their silly games.
And it's nice of you to say that is must be hard for an EO to keep up with other states' laws. However, I'd like to point out that that is their business, and since CA is the most populous state in the union and it is well known to be a no-capacity state, I don't know what your EO's problem is besides incompetence. |
