Posted by Art_MD on 11/25/10 9:26am
Msg #362737

curiosity question - notarizing while offshore

States have juristiction to 3 miles offshore. But, do county boundries extend offshore? So, could you still be in the state, your commission is good, but are you in a county?

Also, what about from 3 to 20 miles offshore? You are in the US, but are you in a state and county? Can you notarize a signature?

Art

Reply by BobbiCT on 11/25/10 9:36am
Msg #362738

what little I know ...

In CT, we are state-wide commissioned. I believe our state boundary extends X miles offshore, but I am not certain. Like you, Art, my GUESS is for us coastal states, we'd need our State Attorney General or someone in "boundary" authority to tell us exactly where the State boundary ends. I know CT's attorney general went after the gas and oil companies re Long Island Sound, so obviously we have an off-land boundary somewhere out there.

In FL, I believe the civil law notaries can notarize anywhere off shore; i.e., I remember an attorney telling me he made "good" money performing marriages on cruise ships ... and got a free cruise thrown in!

Reply by Julie/MI on 11/25/10 9:46am
Msg #362739

As I am a stone's throw from the Canadian border, the 3 mile rule wouldn't apply because the crossing into international waters is less than three miles. I have closed many loans and they title companies require that the parties be on US soil not water when they sign.