Roughly 40% of the real estate-related signings I do are for Arizona properties where the form we’re all talking about comes into play. I decided to just print a whole bunch o’ jurats pre-filled with as much of the the necessary language as possible and pull one when needed. Saves a lotta time. Incidentally, I use a nice, professional-looking computerized jurat that is perfect for this situation. Click, print, fill in the blanks. Problem solved.
Now, of course, I wish this form and many, many others were redesigned so that we could march through them during “print-and-prep” and whilst in the field. But, that ain’t gonna happen.
Pre-printing Notary certificates sure saves time and money, especially if you’re used to paying for them in bulk from the NNA or other suppliers. Because all of our California state-mandated notarial forms require a disclosure in a box located above the venue, our Secretary of State has provided a fillable, notarial acknowledgment and jurat form on their website. Clean, simple, and very convenient.
it’s not so much the size but my sarcasm that has to do with this particular document. It’s a ridiculous box with ridiculous asks of a notary, that is all. so just roll your eyes with me at whoever made this form and at whoever decided it should be used .
I do preprint plenty of certificates for cases just like this one , I just don’t understand why they keep using it when every notary ever never uses this as their actual certificate.
I’m starting to think they do. I had a document from title that the notarial certificate didn’t include a venue. I called title to let them know because I was thinking they may want to correct that since it wasn’t a client specific document but one they would use again. The closing agent said “ it’s ok, it doesn’t have to be notarized anyway.” Then why are we notarizing the document then?
The main reason I keep some of their forms handy is the additional information portion that I use in conjunction with apostlles. We can’t use a signer’s title in the certificate, but we can add it as additional information. Also important are things like who they represent and even a thumbprint. Whether it’s citizenship for Spain or s patent lawsuit in China, you need that additional information on the document if it’s going to be used in a foreign court.
Ahh! What about the nice big space where notarial stamps will fit, even with room to spare, that says STAMP right in the middle of the nice big space, thus invalidating the stamp in many states.
Document design is not for pre-K kids to do.
Remember what President Regan said “The scariest words in America are - I’m from the government and I’m here to help.”
