I cannot believe that any experienced notary would publicly suggest or advise how to comply with this patently unlawful request.
One can only wonder if California is mailing out Notary Commissions along with mail in ballots??
The purpose of a Certificate of Trust is to establish the existence of the Trust, identify the current Trustee(s), and list the powers of the Trustee, and it is generally used to provide to financial institutions in lieu of providing a copy of the entire Trust.. Once the Grantor died, the Successor Trustee executes a new Certificate of Trust, so there is no need for or purpose of the "old" document. My guess is that these people have not conculted an attorney who knows how to administer a Trust. |
