More than half of the phone calls we receive involve the caller asking us a legal question, and often gets upset when we can’t answer their question. We’ve received bad online reviews because “They don’t know anything about the law!” Do you
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By law a notary public is required to obtain and verify a VALID, GOVERNMENT ISSUED, PHOTO ID. A hospital wrist band does NOT meet any of that criteria: Is does not have a photo, it is not issued by the government and
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A notary public does not need to know the back-story as to WHY a document needs to be notarized. We just need to know the name or type of document. The circumstances, as long as they are legitimate and not intended to
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As notaries we are often asked to “stamp” a document. Simply putting a notary stamp on a document means absolutely nothing. We could put our stamp on a coconut, but what does a notarized coconut mean? It doesn’t make it any more
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Simple answer: No. A notary stamp on a document means one of two things happened: A person signed a document in front of the notary public OR acknowledged that they signed the document. A person swore under oath (like in court) that
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A notary public is a state official, however we are NOT paid by the state. In fact, we have to pay the state to be a notary public! Banks often have a notary public on staff to handle their notary needs and
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Hospital notarizations are often stressful, difficult and take a long time, but they don’t have to be! Familiarize yourself with some key points and the process will take only minutes. Travel fees are due in full even if a notarization does not
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No. This is a common question. Notaries are not concerned with the content of a document. We are only concerned with positively identifying the SIGNER of the document and their willingness to sign. We cannot notarize if the signers is being coerced
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“Can you notarize for a deceased person? I have his/her death certificate.” We get this question more than most people would think. We can only notarize for living people physically in our presence. If you have a document that must be signed
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