Posted by Slarty_FL on 3/26/05 3:57pm
Msg #27816

This is Even Better Than Back-Dating

I actually had an LO ask me if I could just "make up a witness"! Wow.

Reply by Korey Humphreys on 3/26/05 4:06pm
Msg #27817

Disturbing.... But could have been a test of character! nm

Reply by Sylvia_FL on 3/26/05 8:28pm
Msg #27850

I would tell him (that is if this was for the mortgage) that Florida is not a witness state so witnesses are not required. If he wants to "make up a witness" that is his prerogative but you will have nothing to do with it.

If it was for a document that did require witnesses (quit claim deed, warranty deed, grant deed etc) then witnesses would have to be there to witness the signing. It is up to the borrowers to get the witness not the signing agent.

Reply by Jeanie on 3/27/05 1:01am
Msg #27896

I would have asked the LO to fax me explicit instructions for "making up a witness". If the LO was dumb enough to do this I then would have faxed the letter to his boss, the SS and the title company. People who ask us to do something illegal need to be drumed out of the business.