I’ve been hired to notarize a declaration of a former notary. The notary notarized the document in 2003 and later retired in 2008. Long story, short. The content and/or validity of the document is now being contested in a court of law.
According to our California Notary Public Handbook, “Within 30 days from the date the notary public commission is no longer valid, the notary public must deliver all notarial journals, records and papers to the county clerk’s office where the oath is on file’.
Just when you think you are safe…. My county, so I’m told, will only keep the journals for 10 years, after which will be destroyed.
Does this mean, that the notary would have to rely on their memory, in this case? IMJS
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