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Posted by VT_Syrup on 2/6/22 4:01pm
I have no laws to quote, just some thoughts.
One consideration is whether the notary was really a notary. Some laws allow a notarization to stand even if the so-called notary wasn't really commissioned, but I doubt that is true everywhere today. I suspect that in years gone by, if the notary wasn't a notary, the notarization was invalid. Also, in the past, notaries were usually commissioned by someone like a judge in the county, and the notary could only act within the county. So to determine if the notary was really a county, it was necessary to know which county to go to to investigate.
Now, many states commission notaries at the state level, and the notaries can act throughout the state, so probably the county requirement is just a left-over that the state legislatures never really thought about.
Certain military officers are allowed to perform notarial acts for military members, military dependents, and persons accompanying the notary (like the press, or Red Cross representatives). These notarizations can be performed outside the US. Military notarizations don't have to give a traditional venue. For example, if the name of the country where the notarization were performed was a secret, the venue could be
"With the United States Army in a Foreign Nation"
Info on military notarizations:
https://armypubs.army.mil/ProductMaps/PubForm/Details.aspx?PUB_ID=1007963
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