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Document notarization is essential to the transferal of real property and validating legal documents. If you are buying or selling property, a home, land, car, or boat, you’ll become acquainted with document notarization. If you are executing a Will, Power of Attorney, or Registering an Out-of-State vehicle, just to name a few, document notarization will be an important aspect of the process.
Why do I need Notary?
The signing of most legal documents requires that a Notary be present to confirm:
- All Signer’s identities are verified.
- Signers understand the documents they are signing.
- Signers are entering into a transaction of their own free will, and not being coerced.
What is a Notary Public?
Notaries derive their authority from their state governments. They are “appointed” or “commissioned” by a top official of their state, generally the Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Secretary of State or Treasurer. Each state has its own unique notary laws and notaries must follow the laws of their particular state. This means that notaries in one state may have authority to perform duties that notaries in another do not—it depends completely on each state’s notary laws. There is no corresponding or overriding federal law governing notaries.
SIGN IN THE NOTARY'S PRESENCE
The Notary Public is directly responsible for determining that the person signing is who they state they are,
before they sign a document.
So, wait for the Notary to first verify your ID before you sign your documents.
Some Documents That Need Notarization.
Don’t worry if you don’t see your document, this is only a partial list.
- Adoption Papers
- Advanced Health Care
- Directives
- Claim of Lien
- Deed
- Divorce Documents
- Loyalty Oaths
- Mortgage Documents
- Power of Attorney (POA)
- Prenuptial Agreement
- Self-Proving Will / Codicil
- Trusts and Estates
- Wills (all types)
- VIN Verification
Some owners either don’t have tags on the vehicle, in the case of an antique, or may have a vehicle that they’ve recently resurrected from storage, and are unable to legally drive the vehicle to have it verified. This is where SV Notary comes to the rescue. We’ll travel to the vehicle, verify its VIN number, match it to the one on the HSMV 82042 form, and notarize the form, making the process much simpler for you.
Important: The Notary must be in the physical presence of the vehicle to verify the VIN.
- Driving School Attendance Affidavit
If you get a traffic violation and elect to attend a driver improvement course, the related affidavit – in which you commit to attending – must be signed and notarized before returning it to the County Clerk.
- Step Parent Adoption
- Affidavit Of Diligent Search
- Consent And Waiver By Parent
- Relative Caretaker, Prospective Parent
- Adult Adoption
- Affidavit Of Non-paternity
- Grandparent Adoption
Read Carefully: The document to be copied and certified must be an original document, and cannot be a Public Record, or Vital Record. Public Records are documents recorded in a county clerk’s office or held by a government agency and are available for public inspection.
If your document is listed below, a Notary cannot complete a Certified Photocopy of the document.
- Birth Certificates
- Court Records
- Criminal Records including Wants Warrants
- Death Certificates
- Deeds
- Mortgages
- Related Property Records
- Divorce Decrees
- Driving Records
- Election Records
- Licenses, incl: Professional and Business
- Marriage Certificates
- Missing Persons
- Sex Offender Records
- Unclaimed Property
- Voter Registration