Posted by pat/WA on 7/21/10 12:51pm
Msg #345833

hoffman versus hoffmann

DOT vested as Hoffmann all ID is Hoffman.
Any opinions?

Reply by jojo_MN on 7/21/10 1:01pm
Msg #345836

Contact the title company/lender.

They most likely will have you either ask you to have the borrowers cross-out, correct and initial the docs, or they might have to be re-drawn.

Reply by jojo_MN on 7/21/10 1:11pm
Msg #345838

Re: Contact the title company/lender.

Also, if the current title was recorded wrong, they might have to do a quit claim deed to fix it or use and "aka"

Reply by pat/WA on 7/21/10 1:14pm
Msg #345839

Re: Contact the title company/lender.

Title said to have him sign AKA on the DOT.
This has been going on with them for 46 years. Go figure!

Reply by Philip Johnson on 7/21/10 1:24pm
Msg #345841

Re: Contact the title company/lender.

If they continue to sign AKA's and not say enough is enough then they have done very little to stop it.

Reply by Mary Ellen Elmore on 7/22/10 2:48pm
Msg #345983

Re: Contact the title company/lender.

Or a Deed of Correction

Reply by dickb/wi on 7/21/10 1:42pm
Msg #345846

i stick a little tighter to the rule than most in that.....

i will never accept an aka or fka to do my notary work........the id has to match or exceed how ever the name is signed and it has to be current with a photo and signature......if that isn't satisfactory to the hiring entity they have to re draw the docs or find another notary........i can not tetify that an aka or fka is correct because i have no proof of that.....our sos office agrees...............

Reply by jojo_MN on 7/21/10 2:00pm
Msg #345850

Re: i stick a little tighter to the rule than most in that.....

I only put their current name in the notary block unless they can give me proof of the fka (such as a marriage/divorce certificate).

Again, I reiterate that they must call the hiring party or title company for directions.

Reply by dickb/wi on 7/21/10 6:56pm
Msg #345889

but their directions can not be sommething that would.....

cause them to want me to testify in my notary block that their info was correct when in fact i would be perjuring my self because i would not be able to prove it......of course i would call them first and then let them know if i would continue or not....

Reply by CopperheadVA on 7/21/10 2:28pm
Msg #345860

I had something similar a couple of weeks ago. Both husband and wife had full first, middle, and last name on docs. Wife's middle name was close, but incorrect. Lender wanted her to sign with the incorrect name and told the borrowers that after the loan had funded they should then go down to the courthouse and take care of getting the name changed to the correct name.

Borrower said OK, but I told the lender sorry, I cannot notarize an incorrect name because that's not what her ID says (I really don't think that had even occurred to the lender). So they had no choice but to halt the closing and redraw the docs. I was called for the resign the next day and lo and behold there's a Deed in the package to correct the misspelling.

Reply by Ronnie_WA on 7/21/10 9:42pm
Msg #345899

Your acknowledgments and jurats reflect the name as shown on the ID as that is the person appearing before you. A signature/name affidavit will not cover notarial acts as most escrow and lending folks think it does.