This could be one of those situations where we know a fair amount about what's a good idea, but have to bite our tongues and not say much, since most of us are not lawyers.
If you are meeting with the purchaser, this will probably be the first time your signer's name gets put in the chain of title. If it isn't right, it's apt to cause trouble in the future. If the ID cards possessed by the signer in 2040, when the property is sold, don't agree with gets put on the deed this week, problems are likely. Let's hope the signer knows to insist on an accurate and provable version of his/her name on the deed (and mortgage, if there is one).
But if the signer says the name on the deed is wrong, but doesn't want to bother getting it fixed, it isn't the notary's place to insist it be changed. The notary's place is to decide if the ID or credible witnesses are sufficient to verify the name that the signer is using. If not, no notarization. |
