| Well, you are notarizing the signature. Not what it looks like, but matching the signature to the identity of the person providing the signature. Since signatures are a persons mark of identity, you need to be able to prove that the identity mark is valid. People are not known by their signatures, but by their names. That's why lenders insist that a signer sign their name as it appears on the document. If someone says that a chicken scratch scribble is their name, and you can prove that the name provided by the person is actually the person who signed the document (or acknowledges they signed the document) using whatever requirements (forms of identification) are required, then you have done your job, i.e. identified the signer. |
