I think it depends on what your state notary law says. Here in CA, we're specifically prohibited from using our title of "Notary Public" and/or our notary seal for anything other than an authorized notarial act. Elsewhere in our law, it states that the only things we can certify are copies of POAs and copies of our journal entries. So I would refuse to do that, as well.
As for her claim that no other notary has ever refused to do that, I suspect there are three possibilities:
1. She's lying
2. She's never used an out of state notary
3. She's only dealt with out of state notaries who either don't know any better or are from states where there's nothing preventing them from legally signing that statement as a Notary
Sounds like a no-win situation for some of us... |
