Four States Require Witnesses for Mortgages and Deeds Four States Require Witnesses for Mortgages and Deeds
notary acts as an official, unbiased witness to the identity and signature of the person who comes before the notary for a specific purpose. The person may be taking an oath, giving oral or written testimony, or signing or acknowledging a signature on a legal document. In each instance the notary attests that certain formalities have been observed.
I occasionally get pushes for something called a "witness closing" via snapdocs. What kind of job is that exactly? Are they just asking for a notary to show up and witness the signing? (a local notary friend does that often, but it's because she has a friend who is a title agent and asks her to do it, she didn't seek out such arrangements.)
Posted by CaNotary777 on 6/4/13 12:35pm Msg #472170 Proof of Execution by Subscribing Witness in CA Can two credible witnesses be used (in CA) instead of one ( who personally knows both, the subscribing witness, as well as me the notary)? Personally I do NOT think two witnesses can be used. Just asking out of curiosity since the Notary Support ( I have)says that two credible witnesses ( who do ...
If the signer didn't have an ID card and you didn't know the signer personally, you could have a credible witness who knows you both swear the person is who he says he is. If the credible witness knows the signer but not you, the credible witness could present an ID card. The name of the credible witness goes in the blank.