Why get something notarized?

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Some documents have the legal requirement of being notarized before they are considered valid, such as when an oath is required prior to execution, or for real estate documents. Many other documents call for notarization, such as trusts, deeds, power of attorney, and affidavits. Some documents are notarized by choice to prove the execution and identity of the parties. In some circumstances in lieu of personal appearance, businesses and entities will request signatures be notarized so they can feel confident the signer was identified properly and personally signed their documents instead of doing so in their presence. 

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Can I notarize anything I want?

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Simply put, almost everything can be notarized. Some documents are not able to be notarized due to lacking the legal notarization requirements implemented by California law. There are a few basic requirements that need to be present in order to notarize a document. The first and most critical is that the document is actually required to be signed by the person requesting the notarization! Items that do not require signatures, such as photographs cannot be notarized, after all the notaries duty is to notarize signatures. 

 

Notaries also cannot notarize documents that are required to be signed by someone other than the individual in front of them, such as school diplomas that need the school official’s signature, the student cannot notarize that, only the school can. 

 

I hope this answers any questions you may have.  If you need more information please give me a call or text.  If you need something notarized, I’m just a phone call away!!

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