Those lines cannot be left blank. The signer can opt to place the statement “never/not known as” on the signature line rather than sign a name that is not theirs. Sometimes there is not a signature line. There is a list of names supposedly recognized as the signer. I ask them to review the names and, if there are any not legally or otherwise acknowledged as their identity, to place an asterisk next to the name, then in the white space next to the list of names place another asterisk then the statement “not known as”. They only need one statement no matter how many names they asterisk. I have never had Title reject this amendment, and the signer is usually satisfied. Those list of names also show up on the 1003 as well. I assuage the signer’s hesitancy by reminding them they have already corrected the list on the Signature Affidavit, the form designed to do so.
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