Posted by Shannon224 on 4/25/12 6:55pm
Msg #418904
Notary Identity Certification
I am doing a Quicken Loans signing tonight. It has a Notary Identity Certification - where I would write the borrowers ID Number, type of ID & expiration date. Then has a place for me to sign.....so far ok no biggy - then it says notary stamp as proof of commission. Is that ok? My first instinct is that 1) it doesn't have notarial wording & 2) no signatures for me to notarize. I can't notarize my own signature.
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Reply by VT_Syrup on 4/25/12 7:03pm
Msg #418905
The requested act is not an authorized notarial act in most states. If it is not a notarial act, the person who does the act need not be a notary, and thus there is no need to prove the person is commissioned as a notary. Indeed, using a notary seal strongly implies a notarial act has been performed, but no such act has been done. Some states explicitly forbid using a notary seal except in connection with a notarial act.
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Reply by Dennis_IN on 4/25/12 7:10pm
Msg #418907
I write in my commission# as proof. I do not place my seal on a document that does not contain a notarization...
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Reply by Julie/MI on 4/25/12 8:15pm
Msg #418913
I put my stamp and don't lose any sleep 
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Reply by Linda_H/FL on 4/25/12 8:27pm
Msg #418917
I don't..I sign it...no stamp n/m
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Reply by JanetK_CA on 4/25/12 8:16pm
Msg #418914
Trust your instinct. Not allowed in CA, for one. n/m
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Reply by ToniK on 4/25/12 8:34pm
Msg #418921
I just sign...no stamp n/m
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Reply by Jack/AL on 4/25/12 9:18pm
Msg #418932
First, I put a straight horizontal line through
the wording that tells me to place my stamp there. Then I initial the change, and sign the document. Some states forbid placing your stamp unless you are actually notarizing, while some do not mention it. My personal thought is that if I place my seal next t my signature, too many peple might be inclined to think the document has been acknowledged/notarized, when in fact that is not the case. If the title company and/or signing service did not already know that I am a Notary Public, they would not have sent the docs to me, so it is silly that might actually require my seal on this one page. They'll see it on the documents that actually deserve it. Never had a complaint from a lender or title company.
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Reply by sealed/CA on 4/26/12 1:13am
Msg #418954
In CA our stamp is only to be used for rendering notarial service. What I do is write "Not allowed in CA. Gov't code 8207" and then add my commission number and expiration date.
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Reply by JPH13/MO on 4/26/12 5:49am
Msg #418959
Re: Notary Identity Certificationn - it is being modified
I do a lot of these, and have been told to cross out the wording about placing your seal as proof and then initial the crossing out. They are in the process of revising the whole form, including deleting this wording, as you should not be using your stamp for anything that isn't a notarization. I'm guessing it will take them months before the new form gets final approval and is placed in use.
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Reply by C. Rivera Chicago Notary Services on 4/26/12 1:01pm
Msg #419007
I'd sign and then give them your commission number...
then instruct them they can look up your commission validity on the IL SOS website...but I wouldn't place my stamp on that form if there is no notarial act being conducted.
I'd also inform them of this that's illegal for you to do according to our states's notary laws...
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Reply by Mark/SanJose on 4/27/12 11:40am
Msg #419145
I Sign, Stamp then strike (X) out my stamp. N/M n/m
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