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Re: What is your rule of thumb
Posted by  JanetK_CA of CA on 8/8/18 11:31pm Msg #596897
Frankly, the definition of what a signature is or is not is beside the point. IMO, the correct answer is "it depends..." because no one cares what you or I believe the definition should be. If there's a definition in one's state's notary laws, then that is standard number one. Short of that, it should be whatever the lender decides it needs to be - and that's not always going to be the same.

I think the rest was covered very well by Yoli and MW/VA. And for what it's worth, as I think I've alluded to elsewhere recently, I've had people sign their name in a manner that didn't even involve English letters (and from left to right, as some languages are written). They were consistent signatures and there was no problem. In some countries, in fact, even if their language is written in 'Roman' characters, it's customary for signatures to be more of a symbolic mark than a written name, even among the very literate. For most uses, that would be acceptable. But a lender can set their own rules and requirements - whether or not it means a person has to sign with something other than their 'legal' signature.
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 What is your rule of thumb - Luckydog on 8/8/18 6:02pm
 Re: What is your rule of thumb - Jose Gutierrez on 8/8/18 6:49pm
 Re: What is your rule of thumb - Luckydog on 8/8/18 8:39pm
 Re: What is your rule of thumb -  VT_Syrup on 8/8/18 6:54pm
 Re: What is your rule of thumb - Yoli/CA on 8/8/18 7:48pm
 Exactly What Yoli Said - PegiT_MN on 8/8/18 8:37pm
 PAW had posted on the subject of "signatures" years ago. -  MW/VA on 8/8/18 7:45pm
 Another Perfect Explanation From MW . . . Thank you Marilynn n/m - PegiT_MN on 8/8/18 8:38pm
 Re: What is your rule of thumb - Clem/CA on 8/8/18 8:34pm
 and - Clem/CA on 8/8/18 8:48pm
 Re: What is your rule of thumb -  JanetK_CA on 8/8/18 11:31pm
 Interesting fun facts about signatures - Luckydog on 8/8/18 8:51pm
 Re: Interesting fun facts about signatures - Luckydog on 8/8/18 9:03pm
 Trip down memory lane... -  JanetK_CA on 8/8/18 11:42pm
 Re: Trip down memory lane... - Luckydog on 8/9/18 9:39am
 Correction: last msg# for Renee is 283897; it's a good one! n/m -  JanetK_CA on 8/9/18 2:10pm
 Re: What is your rule of thumb - SteveS/CA on 8/9/18 6:51am
 Scribble signatures are my favorite. They always - ananotary on 8/9/18 8:36am
 Re: Scribble signatures are my favorite. They always - Luckydog on 8/9/18 9:48am
 Re: Scribble signatures are my favorite. They always -  VT_Syrup on 8/9/18 10:02am
 Re: Scribble signatures are my favorite. They always - Luckydog on 8/9/18 10:20am
 Re: Scribble signatures are my favorite. They always - SteveS/CA on 8/9/18 1:32pm
 Re: rule of thumb - Signerbill on 8/9/18 11:18am
 Re: rule of thumb - ArtG/KS on 8/9/18 11:38am
 Re: rule of thumb -  VT_Syrup on 8/9/18 12:18pm
 100 Percent agree with all posters - Luckydog on 8/9/18 2:38pm
 Re: rule of thumb--I had a borrower name was William signed -  OR on 8/9/18 8:31pm
 Re: rule of thumb--I had a borrower name was William signed - Luckydog on 8/10/18 10:18am
 I have had that happen... - FeliseSoCal on 8/9/18 4:18pm
 Re: I have had that happen... - BearPaw/CO on 8/9/18 9:26pm
 Re: What is your rule of thumb -  Barbara___IL on 8/10/18 7:03am
 Re: What is your rule of thumb - doglover/CA on 8/10/18 6:03pm
 Well glad I am not alone in this confusion, lol n/m - Luckydog on 8/10/18 9:55pm
 Re: Well glad I am not alone in this confusion, lol - Cheryl/SC on 8/11/18 3:14pm



 
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