Posted by Anonymous on 4/11/06 10:42pm
Msg #112904

Employment verification letter

Hi guys, this might sound a little dumb but can someone help me out and tell me how an employment verification letter is notarized. I have the letter with the business letter head but I am not to sure do I just add the notorial wording at the bottom of the letter? Please help I just started doing this.

Thanks!!

Reply by SOCAL/CA on 4/11/06 11:15pm
Msg #112908

No, borrower sings only.

Reply by SOCAL/CA on 4/11/06 11:16pm
Msg #112909

No, borrower sign only

Reply by Anonymous on 4/11/06 11:21pm
Msg #112911

No, its a letter for the INS that a person needs notarized has nothing to do with borrowers.

Reply by Lee/AR on 4/11/06 11:25pm
Msg #112912

Who are notarizing? The employer's signature? You don't decided whether it's a jurat or acknowledgement-- they do. Ask 'em & go from there.

Reply by Anonymous on 4/12/06 12:26am
Msg #112928

To LEE :Employment verification letter

Thanks Lee, Yes they decided its a Jurat my question is just where exactly do I notorize it? Do I do it on the letter itself at the bottom and type in the notorial wording??? I have never notorized this type of letter that why I am not sure.

Reply by Jenny_CA on 4/12/06 1:51am
Msg #112930

Re: To LEE :Employment verification letter

you can type, write or if you have a jurat stamp , stamp the letter or you can write "see attached certificate" and on your certificate fill in the optional section with the pertinent info.

You do have to have a signature, you are not notarizing the document but the signature.

When someone brings me a document and they have chosen either the jurat or Ack. if it's not written on the doc I usually just attach the certificate.

Hope this helps.

Reply by Ernest__CT on 4/12/06 7:58am
Msg #112938

Jenny's right.

It helps a lot to have a Jurat stamp for exactly this kind of situation. Check your state's wording (of course), then order the stamp that says "Subscribed and sworn to ...". Being able to stamp the jurat on an existing document solves a host of problems.

Reply by Anonymous on 4/12/06 9:48am
Msg #112957

Re: To Jenny:Employment verification letter

Thanks Jenny, that really helped and Ernest is right a jurat stamp is definetly need for this type of situation. Thanks guys.

Reply by HARRY_PA on 4/12/06 10:00am
Msg #112962

Re: To Jenny:Employment verification letter

bE CAREFUL. If it is an I-9 form, most state do not allow notarization.

Reply by PAW on 4/12/06 11:20am
Msg #113016

Re: To Jenny:Employment verification letter

Form I-9 (Employment Eligibility Verification) does not have a place for signatures to be notarized.

Source -> http://www.formi9.com
Form -> http://www.formi9.com/i-9.pdf

Reply by Jenny_CA on 4/12/06 1:10pm
Msg #113060

Re: To Jenny:Employment verification letter

You are both correct on the I-9 form, however, from what I understood she has a letter written on business letterhead not the actual form.

Reply by PAW on 4/12/06 1:32pm
Msg #113074

Re: To Jenny:Employment verification letter

You need to ask whoever signed the letter what form of notarization they want, ack or jurat. If it's an ack, there is no need for the signer to resign, but they have to tell you, face to face, that it is their signature (acknowledging). If they want a jurat, then they will need to be placed under oath and swear or affirm to the contents of the letter, then resign in front of you. The signature is their sign that they swear/affirm to the facts and the jurat certificate is your certification that you placed them under oath and they swore/affirmed to the facts.

One of the primary principals of notarizing a signature, is that the person whose signature you are notarizing physically appears before you. (With exceptions as provided by some state laws.) Therefore, the person who signed the letter of verification must be the one to appear before you, not the recipient of the letter.