Posted by veana on 7/24/08 3:47pm
Msg #256640

transcript

I am new notary signer. How do you notarize a transcript?

Reply by Lee/AR on 7/24/08 4:03pm
Msg #256642

why would this be needed?

Reply by CF on 7/24/08 4:21pm
Msg #256646

You should attach a loose ack or jurat to it. I do them for traveling students. I have the principal sign the transcript and then attach a loose to it. There is no notarial wording on the transcript itself. The parents of the students, generally, pick an acknowledgement to be attached.

Reply by Lee/AR on 7/24/08 4:23pm
Msg #256647

Duh~~ mind elsewhere/fingers going. Thought it was a legal transcript of a trial. School transcript never crossed my mind.

Reply by Carolyn Bodley on 7/24/08 6:14pm
Msg #256659

Re:It could very well be a legal transcript

in which case, yes, the transcriptionist's certification that the trancript is true, accurate and complete and has not been altered would get notarized. I certify all transcripts which I transcribe (which I get notarized) that will be used in the court -- usually audio/video discovery that has been turned over to the other side, and will later be entered as an exhibit in the trial.

Reply by Gerry_VT on 7/24/08 5:09pm
Msg #256652

This is a school transcript, right? You are not a school official, right? Then the person in front of you signing that the transcript is a true copy of the school's records should be a school official who is in a position to know the transcript is accurate. The parents or school should choose whether to use an acknowledgement or a jurat.

If the trancript is in the possession of the student or parents, it might be legal for you to take an acknowledgement or administer an oath, but the recipient would be an idiot to accept such a piece of garbage.

Reply by MW/VA on 7/24/08 6:12pm
Msg #256658

Don't have enough info to go on, but sounds like a request for a certification (Certified True Copy) and not a notarization. Is that correct?

Reply by PAW on 7/24/08 6:34pm
Msg #256660

Mau not be allowed n/m

Reply by PAW on 7/24/08 6:38pm
Msg #256662

S/B May not be allowed ...

(Sorry about the fat fingers pushing the wrong buttons.)

Certifying a transcript may not be allowed. In Florida, a notary is allowed to make and attest to copies ofcertain original documents. The following is an excerpt from our manual:

[quote]
One of the most often asked questions concerning attested photocopies is whether a particular document is a public record. Notaries must make a determination about this question
before attesting to the trueness of any photocopy. The following documents are examples of public records, copies of which cannot be attested to by a notary:


Birth certificate

Marriage certificate

Death certificate

Certificate of citizenship or naturalization

Documents filed in a court proceeding

Documents recorded by the Clerk of the Court

Public records maintained in government offices

Student records (transcripts, etc.) kept in public education offices

Federal or state income tax forms, already filed

Professional licenses issued by the State of Florida

Any document for which photocopying is prohibited
[/quote]

Reply by JanetK_CA on 7/24/08 9:12pm
Msg #256685

I agree with PAW. This sounds like a very state-specific thing and you should only go with what your state allows.

Reply by sue_pa on 7/24/08 10:11pm
Msg #256699

"How" do you notarize a transcript?

You identify your signer, they sign and you apply your stamp/seal. My question would be, why is a notary asking how to notarize anything? If you don't know the basics, don't touch anything. If it has no notarial language, why don't you know what to do about it? You should know, as a notary, whether or not your state allows a notary to notarize public records (if it's a school transcript). If it's a transcript from perhaps depositions, general notarization rules should apply (at least in PA).

Another thing that bugs me beyond belief. People who don't apparently know the difference between a "notary public" and a "signing agent". I've seen posts before where people said they had 'signings' and they were talking about regular notarizations. This poster has tied together notary and signer as if a 'notary signer' is actually something, anything, somebody.

Reply by BrendaTx on 7/25/08 5:56am
Msg #256726

sue, I have been confused from day one

of reading this board about how the notary seal's duties were not clear to its holder.

It gets worse each day.

It gives a lot of credibility to the argument of "attorney only" states.

Reply by Gerry_VT on 7/25/08 12:20pm
Msg #256803

marginal notary or marginal forum user

When I see posts that lack the most elementary information needed to help the poster, I always wonder if the poster is clueless about how to look up information in the state notary manual and clueless about what factors are important when doing the lookup, or whether the poster is just bad at participationg in forums, and does not quite get it that we only know what the poster writes on the forum.