3 notarizations on owners affidavit and agreement . Are all 3 to be filled out? Im unfamiliar with the wording on the first section. In Washington state.
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Yes, stamp 3 times. It has the notary verbiage 3 times, so you must stamp 3 times.
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The first one looks like a subscribing witness. The second looks like a standard ack. The third looks like an ack by capacity (AIF for example). Question is can you do three different notarizations in WA for one doc and are they the correct notarial act. My knee jerk answer is “no”… but I could be wrong. But IMO I would not stamp all three as they are three different acts
JMO
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Plus an affidavit needs a jurat, not an ack.
Hmm this looks different. Could you call your assigning client and check how they process these? I would be interested to know too! I am in Washington and I have had multiple ones like this on one page before but in clearly stated their name or instructions on how they wanted this (if not I would call to confirm). It could all be for one person or multiple signers or signers with a business. Is this a trust or commercial transaction? One packet had one for the lender too in my experience which the lender’s in house notary would notarize after me. Ugh, I would call and confirm. If you do have an all purpose or your own page for the party you are notarizing I would include it or ask to use your own. First one looks like an oath only. Second looks like an Ack only. Third one does not look complete, maybe a capacity oath and might be a section for the lender’s notary. Looks fussy.
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Looks like for the third slot would be (example) manager of john smith, LLC OR trustee of john smith trust 1997, it is some sort of capacity notarization. It could also be an area for title or lender’s notary. It is difficult to know without seeing the complete document this attached too.
Check the wording on the document. If it refers to an oath (I swear or affirm…) use the Jurat, the first certificate. If it contains the word “acknowledge”, use the Acknowledgement - the middle certificate. DO NOT utilize all three.
Alternatively, ignore the thing and utilize a correct loose certificate with wording required by the State of WA.
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Thank you, I did ask the agency and she said to chose, so i went with the jurat that has the wording I am familiar with.
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You’re allowed to choose? Here that would be considered UPL - either the document preparer/recipient needs to choose or the signer needs to choose - but not us.
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To be safe, I’d put my own loose certificate in there. But I think you should only be doing the middle one. That is the closest one. You are not administering an oath so #1 and #3 are out.
You are correct. We are not allowed to choose. I should say I did confirm with agency what type of notarization they wanted then i chose the notary wording that is acceptable.
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Makes sense. I wonder if they add the 3 areas and you’d pick the applicable one to the document. Sometimes I add my own acknowledgment certificate page when their notary certificate looks questionable. If you need a templates for WA, I can email you my template acknowledgment and an all purpose.
If it was me, I’d do what TF above says. Don’t take chances and don’t make decisions for others. Only gets you in trouble.
Exactly. I called to get clarification on what they wanted.
I should clarify that the agency did tell me what they needed.
One is an Oath
One is an Acknowledgement
One is an Certificate to witness
It depends on what Notarial Act you are providing. Then you fill out what you are actually doing.
An Oath and Affirmation
Acknowledgment
Witnessing
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Agreed. Not allowed to choose here in Hawaii. As far as I know it’s illegal.
Missing one critical piece of information, how many signers are there?