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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Does my document need a witness? Why doesn’t the notary know? It depends on who wrote the document! There is seldom a standard answer. The easiest way to find out if your document needs a witness is to READ YOUR DOCUMENT. If
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Quite often clients will hand the notary a single sheet of paper with nothing but a notary certificate and have 15 other pages circulating among the signer, winesses, etc. The notary must verify and record the type and title of the document
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