Hi. I’m a new NSA. My niece called me and asked if she could mail me a form that her husband signed, would I just “put my stamp on it.” I told her that I wasn’t allowed to do that as he needs to “appear before me” in order for me to notarize. She retorted that she has been a notary for almost 20 years and what she was asking me to do was perfectly legal because “You know him.” I told her that my training tells me otherwise. I asked her why she doesn’t just take it to her bank. Her answer was, “he’s too busy.” I told her that I’m not comfortable signing family. Something is rotten in Denmark, I say. What the heck?? Does anyone else run into this stuff? Am I wrong here? Everything I’ve read says that signers not appearing is the number one offense. Did I miss something?
Your response to your niece was the right one, starting that notarizing for relatives is a NO-NO!.. and Yes! He’s supposed to be front of you, but no ID needed because you personally know him.
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Something really fishy going on there.
Your neice shouldn’t be a notary. You did the right thing.
Wait you can notarize for relatives right? as long as you doing gain anything from it.
It’s unethical… my state, NJ, you can’t
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OK thanks. in California we can. I forget everyone in here is not from the same state. different rules
I would say, stay away from notarization which can cause you to get into major trouble like signing and notarizing documents for people who aren’t in your presence.
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