Unlike California notaries, I'm allowed to decline to notarize for any reason, or no reason (unless it's for a prohibited reason such as racial discrimination). So if I wasn't convinced the signer understood the significance of the signing, I would decline to notarize. But I wasn't there, and don't know how the signer appeared at the time of the signing.
If a vehicle was under the control of a trust, I would expect the trust to be the registered owner. I would expect the signer to be signing as a trustee. I would require the trustee to state to me that he or she was signing in the capacity of a trustee, and reflect the capacity in my certificate. (This is different from CA, where their All Purpose Acknowledgement indicates that the signer is signing either as an individual, or whatever capacity the signer is claiming, so you would have to look to the instrument to discover what that capacity is.)
If the document indicated the car was owned by a trust, and the signer couldn't or wouldn't make a coherent statement about signing as a trustee, I would not notarize. |
| Messages in this Thread |
|  Trouble in paradise, notary notarizes a vehicle transfer -  Cheryl Elliott on 2/11/21 7:26am |
|  Subsection 8225. n/m - Cheryl Elliott on 2/11/21 7:33am |
|  Re: Subsection 8225. - Matt Miller on 2/11/21 9:06am |
|  Re: Subsection 8225. (please see Msg #629425) n/m - NVLSlady/VA on 2/11/21 6:09pm |
| Re: Trouble in paradise, notary notarizes a vehicle transfer - Luckydog on 2/11/21 7:50am |
 | Re: Trouble in paradise, notary notarizes a vehicle transfer - VT_Syrup on 2/11/21 8:18am |
| Re: Trouble in paradise, notary notarizes a vehicle transfer - Matt Miller on 2/11/21 8:44am |
|  Re: Trouble in paradise, notary notarizes a vehicle transfer - VT_Syrup on 2/11/21 8:55am |
|  Re: Trouble in paradise, notary notarizes a vehicle transfer - Matt Miller on 2/11/21 9:01am |
|  Re: Trouble in paradise, notary notarizes a vehicle transfer - VT_Syrup on 2/11/21 10:07am |
|  Re: Trouble in paradise, notary notarizes a vehicle transfer - JanetK_CA on 2/11/21 4:02pm |
|  Intended to . . . - NVLSlady/VA on 2/11/21 4:20pm |
|  Since we're already in the weeds... :>) - JanetK_CA on 2/11/21 5:27pm |
|  The CAC rule (our new Lifeline!) - NVLSlady/VA on 2/11/21 6:15pm |
| Re: Since we -- Agree w/Janet n/m - Yoli/CA on 2/11/21 7:03pm |
| Bingo - and agree 100% - Linda_H/FL on 2/11/21 10:47am |
| Re: Trouble in paradise, notary notarizes a vehicle transfer - Cheryl Elliott on 2/11/21 8:53am |
| Re: Trouble in paradise, notary notarizes a vehicle transfer - Matt Miller on 2/11/21 9:03am |
| Re: Doesn’t explain why this particular guy talking to you - Carolyn Bodley on 2/11/21 11:23am |
| I've done notary work in 11th hour situations. While it's - MW/VA on 2/11/21 10:25am |
| Re: I - SC/CA on 2/11/21 1:27pm |
| WTG! Good job! n/m - Bear900/CA on 2/11/21 2:16pm |
| Re: I - NVLSlady/VA on 2/11/21 4:53pm |
| Case of Coercion & Undue Influence - Bear900/CA on 2/11/21 5:18pm |
| Re: Case of Coercion & Undue Influence - JanetK_CA on 2/11/21 5:31pm |
| Re: Case of Coercion & Undue Influence - NVLSlady/VA on 2/11/21 6:20pm |
| Re: Elder abuse which can be a felony n/m - Carolyn Bodley on 2/11/21 9:33pm |
| Re: Banks often won’t accept POA’s, other than their own n/m - Carolyn Bodley on 2/11/21 4:12pm |
| Objective thought here: Erring on the side of Caution - NVLSlady/VA on 2/11/21 4:13pm |
| Always interesting to read others' comments/slants on things - Cheryl Elliott on 2/11/21 9:36pm |
