Teresa/FL wrote "I know CA law permits the use of other state's forms." Lee/CA quoted the CA law that recognizes acknowledgements taken by out-of-state notaries, Civil Code § 1189. (4) (b) :
"(b) Any certificate of acknowledgment taken in another place shall be sufficient in this state if it is taken in accordance with the laws of the place where the acknowledgment is made."
So I would go further than Teresa/FL. I would say CA doesn't just PERMIT the use of another state's form, it only assures the sufficiency of an out of state acknowledgement if it follows the laws of the place where it is taken. If the out-of-state notary uses a CA acknowledgement form, and that form does not meet the requirements of the notary's state, then not only is it unacceptable in the notary's state, it's likely to be unacceptable in CA too. After all, the CA law only commands CA notaries to use the CA acknowledgement form (with certain exceptions). CA law never states that it's acceptable for an out-of-state notary to use a CA acknowledgement form. |
