Posted by Babytig on 2/10/12 8:45am
Msg #411368

Inmate Signing - Questions

This is the first I will be doing with an inmate and I am wondering what form of ID should be used? I wouldn't think that the jail/prison would allow them to have their CA ID, so would I need to be signing with witnesses? Can anyone help?

Reply by Linda_H/FL on 2/10/12 8:53am
Msg #411370

"(e) An inmate identification card issued by the California Department of Corrections and
Rehabilitation, if the inmate is in custody;"

Page 8 of your handbook

http://www.sos.ca.gov/business/notary/forms/notary-handbook-2011.pdf

Reply by Babytig on 2/10/12 9:07am
Msg #411371

Thank you, I saw that as well. I guess I should have changed the order I reviewed things. Again, thanks for the reply.

Reply by janCA on 2/10/12 9:37am
Msg #411377

Do a search on someone who does these in CA

I don't do jail signings but also according to the book under Subsection 3 it states "Other California-approved ID consisting of any one of the following provided that it also contains a photograph, description of the person, signature of the person and an identifying number."

I don't know if an inmate ID has all the above requirements so I would ask someone who does these on a regular basis what they accept.

I believe Marian/CA does quite a few of these.

Reply by Glenn Strickler on 2/10/12 12:05pm
Msg #411393

Paragraph e n/m

Reply by notarydi/CA on 2/11/12 2:28pm
Msg #411496

i have only done a couple of these. In each case, the inmate had a wristband on (similar to what they give you in hospitals) that basically had all the info same as on a driver's license, i.e., photo, name, DOB, Dept of Corr. I.D. #,etc. Additionally, the sheriff was friendly and gave me a copy of their printout on the inmate that had all the info on the inmate as you would find on a driver's license. Hope that helps.

Reply by Linda_H/FL on 2/11/12 3:49pm
Msg #411501

I hope Marian chimes in here...

None of the items you mentioned are acceptable ID - at least not the way I read your handbook. Your handbook:

"A. Paper Identification Documents – Identity of the signer can be established by the notary
public’s reasonable reliance on the presentation of any one of the following documents, if the
identification document is current or has been issued within five years (Civil Code section
1185(b)(3) & (4)):
3. Other California-approved identification card, consisting of any one of the following,
provided that it also contains a photograph, description of the person, signature of the person, and an identifying number"

blah blah

Wristbands and those printouts don't contain a signature, do they? If not, not acceptable.

Reply by LKT/CA on 2/11/12 10:05pm
Msg #411513

InmateNotary.com

I no longer notarize at jails/detention centers. I refer these requests to LaShon James-Major.

Reply by BrendaTx on 2/11/12 10:08pm
Msg #411514

Love me some LaShon James-Major!

She's something else!