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4. True or False: As of False. To date 40 U.S. states have permanent RON
2021, every U.S. state has laws. However, some states, such as California, do
permanent laws not authorize Notaries to perform remote
authorizing Notaries to notarizations.
perform RONs.
1. A customer calls you. "I ANSWER: C. Certified copies of vital records such
need a copy of my birth as birth, death and marriage certificates can only be
certificate notarized so issued by the recording office that holds the original
the agency I'm sending it document.
to has proof it's authentic.
Can you do this for me?"
What should you do?
, Tell your neighbor that notarization does not
automatically "legalize" a document.
Tell your neighbor that you can't affix your seal to a
3. A neighbor asks for document without performing a notarization
your help. "I'm going to
court tomorrow, and I Many people mistakenly believe that affixing a
need to present this Notary's seal and signature automatically makes the
document as evidence," document legally binding in a court of law, but this
he says. "I need to make is simply not true. A Notary can verify the identity of
sure it's legal, so can you a person who signs a document, or administer an
stamp and sign it?" What oath or affirmation to a document signer, but a
do you do? notarization cannot "legalize" a document simply by
having a Notary stamp it. In fact, some states
specifically prohibit Notaries from affixing their
official seals to documents except when the Notary
is performing an authorized notarization.
D. Suggest the signer can take an affirmation in
which the signer confirms the statements in the
4. A signer brings you a
document are true based on personal honor.
document that requires
the signer to swear that
When notarizing a signature on a document that
the statements in it are
requires the signer to verbally confirm the
true. But when you are
statements in the document are true, a signer has
about to administer the
two options. The signer may take an oath, which is a
oath to the signer, he
promise of truthfulness made to a higher power or
balks. "I don't believe in
the signer may take an affirmation, which is a
God. Can you just
promise of truthfulness based on personal honor
perform the notarization
without invoking a deity or supreme being. Both
and forget the oath?"
oaths and affirmations are equally acceptable for
What do you do?
and a signer can choose which type of promise they
prefer based on the signer's personal beliefs.
, A customer brings you a Yes, I can notarize the signature with an
signed document. "I acknowledgment.
signed this statement two
days ago, but I was told I
need it notarized with an
acknowledgment," he
says. "Can you notarize
the signature I already
wrote if I show you my ID
to prove I'm the person
who signed it?"
Yes, I can notarize the No. A birth certificate is a vital record, and in most
signature with an cases only the agency that issued the original
acknowledgment. record may certify copies of vital records.
A co-worker asks if you Yes. Instead of taking an oath to a higher power for
can notarize his signature the jurat, a signer can take an affirmation, promising
on an affidavit using a on personal honor to be truthful.
jurat. "Just one thing," he
says. "I'm not
comfortable using the
word 'God' because of
my beliefs. Can I say that
the statement is truthful
without mentioning a
deity?"
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4. True or False: As of False. To date 40 U.S. states have permanent RON
2021, every U.S. state has laws. However, some states, such as California, do
permanent laws not authorize Notaries to perform remote
authorizing Notaries to notarizations.
perform RONs.
1. A customer calls you. "I ANSWER: C. Certified copies of vital records such
need a copy of my birth as birth, death and marriage certificates can only be
certificate notarized so issued by the recording office that holds the original
the agency I'm sending it document.
to has proof it's authentic.
Can you do this for me?"
What should you do?
, Tell your neighbor that notarization does not
automatically "legalize" a document.
Tell your neighbor that you can't affix your seal to a
3. A neighbor asks for document without performing a notarization
your help. "I'm going to
court tomorrow, and I Many people mistakenly believe that affixing a
need to present this Notary's seal and signature automatically makes the
document as evidence," document legally binding in a court of law, but this
he says. "I need to make is simply not true. A Notary can verify the identity of
sure it's legal, so can you a person who signs a document, or administer an
stamp and sign it?" What oath or affirmation to a document signer, but a
do you do? notarization cannot "legalize" a document simply by
having a Notary stamp it. In fact, some states
specifically prohibit Notaries from affixing their
official seals to documents except when the Notary
is performing an authorized notarization.
D. Suggest the signer can take an affirmation in
which the signer confirms the statements in the
4. A signer brings you a
document are true based on personal honor.
document that requires
the signer to swear that
When notarizing a signature on a document that
the statements in it are
requires the signer to verbally confirm the
true. But when you are
statements in the document are true, a signer has
about to administer the
two options. The signer may take an oath, which is a
oath to the signer, he
promise of truthfulness made to a higher power or
balks. "I don't believe in
the signer may take an affirmation, which is a
God. Can you just
promise of truthfulness based on personal honor
perform the notarization
without invoking a deity or supreme being. Both
and forget the oath?"
oaths and affirmations are equally acceptable for
What do you do?
and a signer can choose which type of promise they
prefer based on the signer's personal beliefs.
, A customer brings you a Yes, I can notarize the signature with an
signed document. "I acknowledgment.
signed this statement two
days ago, but I was told I
need it notarized with an
acknowledgment," he
says. "Can you notarize
the signature I already
wrote if I show you my ID
to prove I'm the person
who signed it?"
Yes, I can notarize the No. A birth certificate is a vital record, and in most
signature with an cases only the agency that issued the original
acknowledgment. record may certify copies of vital records.
A co-worker asks if you Yes. Instead of taking an oath to a higher power for
can notarize his signature the jurat, a signer can take an affirmation, promising
on an affidavit using a on personal honor to be truthful.
jurat. "Just one thing," he
says. "I'm not
comfortable using the
word 'God' because of
my beliefs. Can I say that
the statement is truthful
without mentioning a
deity?"
