What I am saying is that regardless of WHAT YOU consider to be common sense, as a notary you better ask someone (SS, Title Company, Lender) before you just go sign a set of docs that have a different date.
I was responding to SarahBeth who said "Doris it is ok if the docs are dated yesterday. You will have the borrowers sign with todays date." Which isn't entirely true, it might not be ok. It is PROBABLY ok, but you should ask.
Sheila then respondended saying "The dates should be fine." Which again, isn't entirely ture. Shoulda woulda coulda.
There is one way to be sure the dates are fine, no "should" no "might" no question. You call and ask the people who care (SS, TC, Lender). You guys can use your common sense and have fun, me I'll use 2 minutes to check my common sense and save my time and maybe a signing in the long run. Which I have had happen when the company says "crap those are misdated", instead of being cocky and screwing it up.
And you can absolutley sign documents that are "dated" later than your certificate. Documents can be drafted to become effective some period after they are signed. They can be drafted to be effective BEFORE they were signed and its not even backdating *gasp*. This is common in the business world. I was speaking in general terms in the previous post, though their may exist certain Real Estate documents that make no sense or have some specific legal issue and can't be done that way. |
