Posted by MonicaFL on 11/10/10 12:57pm
Msg #360537

Question for WI notaries

I have a refi Friday and the property is located in WI and the paperwork will be recorded in WI. Does WI require two witnesses on the mortgage? (In Florida it is different - and I just want to make sure that all bases are covered here. Thanks for your assistance.

Reply by shawna on 11/10/10 1:09pm
Msg #360543

I have a list of witness states being : Connecticut,Florida, Georgia, Louisiana,Michigan, Ohio, South Carolina, Vermont, and Wyoming.

Reply by MonicaFL on 11/10/10 1:12pm
Msg #360546

Florida needs two witnesses ONLY for conveyance of property, and the notary can be one of the witnesses. Thanks for your list.

Reply by Linda_H/FL on 11/10/10 1:14pm
Msg #360550

Monica..might want to check and make sure about

ink color too - some require signatures in black ink to record....

Just a thought.

Reply by PAW on 11/10/10 1:23pm
Msg #360567

Only 5 states require witnesses for deeds or mortgages

The current list is available at http://www.pawnotary.com/kb/2-4.html

They are:

- CT - 2 witnesses on deeds of conveyance, including the Mortgage (security instrument); one can be the notary.

- FL - 2 witnesses on deeds of conveyance, one may be the notary (F.S.A 695.03 & 689.01).

- GA - 2 witnesses on both deeds of conveyance and security instruments, one may be the notary (GA Code - Title 44 § 44-14-33).

- LA - 2 witnesses on both deeds of conveyance and security instruments, CANNOT be the notary.

- SC - 2 witnesses on both deeds of conveyance and security instruments, one may be the notary.

# MI - No longer requires witnesses. MCLA 565.201 - Requirements for recording with register of deeds - amended April 1, 1997

# OH - On November 2, 2001, Governor Taft signed into law Substitute House Bill (Sub. H. B.) 279, which repealed part of Ohio Revised Code (O.R.C.) Section 5301.01 requiring two witnesses to attest, sign and subscribe their names to documentation associated with real estate transactions (i.e., deeds, leases, mortgages, land contracts).

# VT - Witnesses are no longer required. 27 V.S.A. 341 Amended 2004

Reply by Stamper_WI on 11/10/10 1:24pm
Msg #360570

Re: Only 5 states require witnesses for deeds or mortgages

No witness's required. We are a black ink state however as well as Homestead or dowager state.

Reply by MonicaFL on 11/10/10 5:32pm
Msg #360656

Re: Only 5 states require witnesses for deeds or mortgages

Thanks for alerting me to the"black ink" part. The title company told me that it didn't make any difference.

Reply by FlaNotary2 on 11/10/10 1:24pm
Msg #360569

This topic is talked about nearly every day on here

It would be so nice if there was a link at the top of the page that had all of this information for every state.