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jbelmont
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n/a
Florida
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 Posted - 04/08/2007 : 02:27:07 AM
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[quote]Originally posted by Joe Ewing
Hello,
I just applied for my notary and should get it in a couple of days. I have a question about affixing the oath/acknoledgement/jurat to a document, especially multipage documents. Please bear with me.
1. Do I stamp every page with my seal?
No. Only the notarized page. In fact your "territory" starts at the State of Florida, County of _________. Your are responsible for completing signing and stamping this area. You are not authorized to assist the signer in any way unless you are a lawyer.
2. In other countries (Ukraine specifically) they take notarizing pretty serious. All of my wife's documents from over there come bound in thread, tape sealed, and stamped. It is very impressive. How do I find out more about this technique? Is it legal in the U.S. /Florida? The manual says that I can affix pages but it does not say how. A staple seems a little plain.
No that is considered "Binding" the documents.
So stapling is the right way to do it if i have to attach a page for my notary seal? I got that I should try not to do it if possible. Single page documents are pretty straight forward as are signatures. It's the multipage document / copy that I'm trying to figure out. |
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Joe Ewing
California
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Posted - 04/07/2007 : 09:08:45 AM
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Hello,
I just applied for my notary and should get it in a couple of days. I have a question about affixing the oath/acknoledgement/jurat to a document, especially multipage documents. Please bear with me.
1. Do I stamp every page with my seal?
No. Only the notarized page. In fact your "territory" starts at the State of Florida, County of _________. Your are responsible for completing signing and stamping this area. You are not authorized to assist the signer in any way unless you are a lawyer.
2. In other countries (Ukraine specifically) they take notarizing pretty serious. All of my wife's documents from over there come bound in thread, tape sealed, and stamped. It is very impressive. How do I find out more about this technique? Is it legal in the U.S. /Florida? The manual says that I can affix pages but it does not say how. A staple seems a little plain.
No that is considered "Binding" the documents.
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n/a
Florida
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Posted - 04/07/2007 : 06:23:54 AM
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| ok, without going before the supreme court let me explain what i'm trying to accomplish. florida law lets you attach a separate page to attested photocopies and other notarized material. i realize most documents will have a notary spot already on it. in the event that it doesn't and if i have to attatch a separate page i would rather not use a staple because it looks cheap. i would like to find more info on other methods such as the string binding i mentioned simply because it looks cool. it's also legal to do in florida. since the law doesn't specify the method of attatchment i'd like to move up from a staple. i'm sure there's someone out there who has knowledge of different methods that might be able to help. i'm not trying to be a lawyer. |
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Joe Ewing
California
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Posted - 04/07/2007 : 01:22:41 AM
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Originally posted by jsragman
Hello,
I just applied for my notary and should get it in a couple of days. I have a question about affixing the oath/acknoledgement/jurat to a document, especially multipage documents. Please bear with me.
1. Do I stamp every page with my seal?
2. In other countries (Ukraine specifically) they take notarizing pretty serious. All of my wife's documents from over there come bound in thread, tape sealed, and stamped. It is very impressive. How do I find out more about this technique? Is it legal in the U.S. /Florida? The manual says that I can affix pages but it does not say how. A staple seems a little plain.
Thanks.
I can help you with this. But first you should understand that notaries in other countries have different duties. In amost every country except the USA notaries are lawyers. This is because their notarial duty is more than to gurantee a signature. They also gurantee the contence of the document. Pondered over is the correct phrase. It's difficult enough to complete an acknowledgment or jurat in a public setting without a mistake let alone being required to ponder over each document for content the way a lawyer would. This would require that a higer fee be charged because actual law is being practiced. Notaries in the USA cannot practice law unless they are lawyers.
If the notarial wording is not already printed on the document, a staple in the upper right hand corner is the usual spot to attach a loose acknowledgment to the back of the document. Only when you certify something (only a power of attorney in california) do you attach (staple) the loose notarized document to the front. |
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Lee-AR
Arkansas
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Posted - 04/06/2007 : 11:15:30 PM
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| I'll stick an oar in these waters... the 'binding' you speak of is normally only done in this country for patents, I believe. Not sure whether or not 'just a notary' can do this & don't see anything in my handbook about it, so think 'not allowed'. I just remember reading 'punch a hole in corner, run a ribbon thru hole in all pages, place gold foil seal over both ends of ribbon & use embosser" somewhere about this procedure for patents and really don't remember the source. |
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n/a
Florida
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Posted - 04/06/2007 : 07:47:19 AM
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| i'm more concerned about finding out about this binding method. there's a couple of things outside of notary i'd like to do with it. as far as the "legal" part, attatching is not prefered but allowed. i'm not looking to do anything shady, i'm mostly interested in the other methods. |
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Shannon
California
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Posted - 04/06/2007 : 06:34:58 AM
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Each state is different so people are reluctant to respond.... Consult your States Handbook if there is one or review state law and act accordingly.... sorry I'm not qualified to be more help.... maybe someone in Florida could lend you a hand?
Good luck! |
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n/a
Florida
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Posted - 04/05/2007 : 10:07:19 AM
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Hello,
I just applied for my notary and should get it in a couple of days. I have a question about affixing the oath/acknoledgement/jurat to a document, especially multipage documents. Please bear with me.
1. Do I stamp every page with my seal?
2. In other countries (Ukraine specifically) they take notarizing pretty serious. All of my wife's documents from over there come bound in thread, tape sealed, and stamped. It is very impressive. How do I find out more about this technique? Is it legal in the U.S. /Florida? The manual says that I can affix pages but it does not say how. A staple seems a little plain.
Thanks. |
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