I think some people are confused or are overcomplicating this. Be careful whom you listen to!! The dividing line, IMO, is simply whether or not the document in question is being notarized. If not, I don't care what date the document is dated or what date goes next to the signature, (potentially two different things), unless the lender requires they be the same. If the document IS to be notarized, then the date on the notary certificate (and next to the signature in most cases) must be today's date or it is backdated (or forward-dated). Period! The ONLY possible allowable exception I can think of would be the date next to the signature in a case where a party may have previously signed the document, but personally appeared before the notary on the date on the certificate and acknowledged that (s)he signed the document (i.e. that the signature is their own). This is according to California law. This part may vary from state to state, but putting ANY date on the notary certificate other than the actual date when the party personally appeared before the notary I'm pretty sure is illegal (at the very least unethical) in every state. This is a major part of what a notarization is all about!
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| "How do you feel about back dating docs?" - lonestar_tx on 10/4/06 4:52pm |
| I like to mess with people who ask me to backdate - MistarellaFL on 10/4/06 4:58pm |
| Re: I like to mess with people who ask me to backdate - lonestar_tx on 10/4/06 5:11pm |
| Re: I like to mess with people who ask me to backdate - notarybycony on 10/4/06 5:21pm |
| Re: I like to mess with people who ask me to backdate - MistarellaFL on 10/4/06 5:34pm |
| And what do you consider...... - Larry/Ca on 10/4/06 6:00pm |
| Re: And what do you consider...... - lonestar_tx on 10/4/06 6:17pm |
| Re: And what do you consider...... - lonestar_tx on 10/4/06 6:19pm |
| Re: And what do you consider...... - Larry/Ca on 10/4/06 6:35pm |
| Re: I like to mess with people who ask me to backdate - lonestar_tx on 10/4/06 6:21pm |
| As far as I am concerned - MistarellaFL on 10/4/06 6:42pm |
| Re: As far as I am concerned - Sherri_mo on 10/4/06 6:59pm |
| Re: As far as I am concerned - Shelly Fox on 10/4/06 9:55pm |
| Re: As far as I am concerned - Shelly Fox on 10/4/06 9:55pm |
| Bingo............................ - dickb/wi on 10/4/06 7:00pm |
| Re: Bingo............................ - Roger_OH on 10/4/06 7:19pm |
| Re: Bingo............................ - dickb/wi on 10/4/06 7:39pm |
| Re:Dick.... - LisaWI on 10/4/06 7:58pm |
| My 2 cents - JanetK_CA on 10/5/06 1:55am |
| Re: Bingo............................ - cassiewi on 10/4/06 8:13pm |
| Exactly right, Cassie - sorry, Dick! n/m - Roger_OH on 10/4/06 10:39pm |
| Last Dec., I was offered $1000 to backdate, and the guy - Lisa Prestegard on 10/4/06 8:12pm |
| Re: Last Dec., I was offered $1000 to backdate, and the guy - LisaWI on 10/4/06 8:31pm |
| Re: Last Dec., I was offered $1000 to backdate, and the guy - lonestar_tx on 10/4/06 11:28pm |
| I appreciate all the replies. n/m - lonestar_tx on 10/4/06 11:33pm |
| lonestar ... consider, next time ... - ReneeK_MI on 10/5/06 4:13am |
| true, Renee - MistarellaFL on 10/5/06 7:02am |