Posted by Ana Karmiloff on 11/6/07 10:40am
Msg #219883

Can I notarize my son's birth certificate?

The instructions require a Jurat or nothing if the parent is a govt employee, but no evidence of that is needed. Should I have my husband request the birth certificate and notarize it for him?

Reply by Phillip/TX on 11/6/07 10:44am
Msg #219884

I would just get a certified copy of the birth certificate. You should not be notarizing a birth certificate at all, for your husband or anyone else.

Reply by Philip Johnson on 11/6/07 10:47am
Msg #219885

Your answer lies in the CA notary handbook.

It does amaze me that folks will not look in their state's handbook, before asking here.


































page 16 is where it is.

Reply by BrendaTx on 11/6/07 10:51am
Msg #219886

Phillip, welcome...to the NR...where there are so many

things that make you wanna go "hmmmmmmm....."

Reply by Phillip/TX on 11/6/07 10:52am
Msg #219887

With a head scratch at the same time... n/m

Reply by Sylvia_FL on 11/6/07 10:53am
Msg #219888

Re: Do you mean the application for the birth certificate? n/m

Reply by Sylvia_FL on 11/6/07 10:56am
Msg #219891

Re:From your State handbook

From the 2007 California handbook.


A notary public is not prohibited from notarizing for relatives or others, unless doing so
would provide a direct financial or beneficial interest to the notary public. With California’s
community property law, care should be exercised if notarizing for a spouse or a domestic
partner.
A notary public would have a direct financial or beneficial interest to a transaction in the
following situations: (Government Code section 8224)
• If a notary public is named, individually, as a principal to a financial transaction.
• If a notary public is named, individually, as any of the following to a real property
transaction: beneficiary, grantor, grantee, mortgagor, mortgagee, trustor, trustee, vendor,
vendee, lessor, or lessee.
A notary public does not have a direct financial or beneficial interest in a transaction if a
notary public is acting in the capacity of an agent, employee, insurer, attorney, escrow, or
lender for a person having a direct financial or beneficial interest in the transaction.
If in doubt as to whether or not to notarize, it is recommended that you seek the advice of an
attorney.
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Reply by Ana Karmiloff on 11/6/07 10:58am
Msg #219893

Re: Do you mean the application for the birth certificate? n

of course, I'm not sure why someone would think I would be notarizing the actual birth certificate

Reply by Phillip/TX on 11/6/07 10:59am
Msg #219894

Because that is the question you asked.... n/m

Reply by Sylvia_FL on 11/6/07 11:00am
Msg #219895

Re: Do you mean the application for the birth certificate? n

The subject of your post was:
Can I notarize my son's birth certificate?

Reply by KBLedgard_CA on 11/6/07 7:19pm
Msg #219962

Re: Do you mean the application for the birth certificate? n

Because you were clueless enough to ask if you could notarize something where you have a beneficial interest. Must be one of the XYZ's newbies.

Reply by LKT/CA on 11/6/07 9:12pm
Msg #219977

Re: Do you mean the application for the birth certificate? n

You were once a newbie...all you had was a stamp, commission and NO CLUE!!!

Reply by JanetK_CA on 11/6/07 11:29pm
Msg #219986

Re: Do you mean the application for the birth certificate? n

Right. But the difference is in what some of us did next! Some of us made an effort to find the answers on our own and took the time to study the law to make sure we knew what we were doing. Just because someone chooses to take the easy way out (if not the best...), doesn't mean everyone else did!

By doing your own research (I mean "you" in the general sense), not only does the answer to the question at hand stick in your head better, but you are also likely to learn something new, if your mind is open to it. That's how you grow and become better. If you continue to look to someone else for answers, you risk taking the wrong advice. Your professionalism doesn't grow, nor does your reputation. Just my 2 cents....

Reply by KBLedgard_CA on 11/7/07 8:13am
Msg #220011

LKT/CA

WRONG! I had a clue. I carried my handbook with me for the first couple of months and studied it when I had free time. The teacher I had made sure we left with knowing what we could and could not notarize. You just sound like some idiot who feels the notary community owes you the answer. Look it up for yourself. Try to make a friend (I know this will be tough for you) who is a notary in your area so that when you need something notarized, you know who can notarize your signature. I work with a network of about 5-10 notaries who are not in my immediate area that I can turn to.

Reply by Gerry_VT on 11/6/07 12:24pm
Msg #219906

Context

You should make a greater effort to understand that the people reading your question are not sitting next to you. YOU may have a set of instructions on the table in front of you, and YOU may have carefully read every word of those instructions, but your readers have no idea where the instructions came from. Maybe they're the instructions for requesting a California birth certificate. Or maybe your son was born in Borneo and is applying to a university in Poland and the instructions came from the Polish embassy; your readers don't know.

Reply by jba/fl on 11/6/07 5:25pm
Msg #219948

It's called: Write for the ignorant reader. n/m