Posted by JanetLA on 4/15/09 10:20am
Msg #285100

Louisiana notary Question for California notary Please

I am the second notary for a California Grant Deed. Obviously the first notary used the section for the notarial seal, etc. I have flexible rules for Louisiana as to what I can do here, but I want to make certain that it is accepted once it is back in California.Several questions: Do you have specific acknowledgment forms and do I need to do one for each of the two people that I am notarizing for? Can I use a Louisiana form and put them both on the same form? Any special wording required for recordation? Thank you in advance for any advice. Janet

Reply by davidK/CA on 4/15/09 10:43am
Msg #285106

Follow your state rules to the letter. Under the US Constitution your legally correct in LA notarizations must be accepted as legally sufficient by another state. CA notaries must follow CA law. You must follow LA law.

CA does have a proscribed acknowledgement form that can include more than one person. If the situation were reversed a LA form OR a CA form could be used as long as the CA notary does not exceed the limits of CA law. For example, in CA we cannot state capacity such as "Husband and Wife", so any out-of-state form that contains such wording could not be used by a CA notary but could be completely legal in your state.

County Recorders in CA will not have a problem accepting your legally proper and complete notarization.

Reply by Gary_CA on 4/15/09 12:53pm
Msg #285135

David is right...

I was about to give you the link to our ACK so that if it was within LA law you could use it, just to make things simple...

However... part of our wording states "Under penalty of perjury under California law"

You can't really sign that being a LA notary.

So I'd just use your ACK form and drive on.

Reply by JanetLA on 4/15/09 1:50pm
Msg #285150

I have many different options here

but they are all very different. We can notarize on the same page as the first notarization for the other signer, but I am not going to do that in this case. I know California has strict rules and I don't want to cause the parties to suffer for notarial error. I am going to attach a loose acknowledgment and move on. I was just going to use one from California to try to avoid future problems, but a generic one it is. Thanks for the input. Have a great week, Janet

Reply by dickb/wi on 4/15/09 2:48pm
Msg #285164

Re: David is right...

gary i do a fair number of notarizations on ca docs....i use their ack but strike the part about perjury under ca law.....never had a problem yet......