What does a notary do?

Answer 1

someone legally empowered to witness signatures and certify a document's validity and to take depositions

Answer 2

Excerpts From the Wyoming Notaries Public handbook:

"The purpose of notarization is sometimes misunderstood. Basically, the most important reason for notarizing anything is to protect against fraud.

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Notaries DO NOT:

1. Certify copies (Only the official custodian of the document should certify a copy of it.)
2. Notarize a facsimile or a faxed copy of a signature.
3. Prove a document to be true or accurate.
4. Validate a document.
5. Legalize a document.
6. Prove a statement under oath/affirmation is true.

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Notaries public have two primary duties:

Notarize Signatures

Place Under Oath/Affirmation"

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The most common type of notarization I perform is a person's signature on an auto title when a sale is consumated.

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Answer 3

A notary administers oaths and statutory declarations, witnesses and authenticates documents, and performs certain other acts.

At least, that's what wikipedia says.

The most common function of a notary is to witness and authenticate a signature. When you need an impartial, third-party person to say, "Yes, this person signed this document in front of me", you go to a notary.

Answer 4

All of the above answers are true. Just to be clear. The 'notary public' does NOT make any representation about the contents of the document signed. They only attest to the identity of the person signing.

Answer 5

Confirms that the person who signed the document was in fact that person.

Checks your id
Watches you sign your name
Notarizes by signing a small statement and putting a notary seal on the document

Answer 6

1. Administer Oaths.
2. Take acknowledgements (that is have a signer acknowledge they signed the document) either under oath or merely affirmed not under oath.
3. Perform civil marriage ceremonies in some states.
4. Certify copies of documents, the originals of which are not available through public records.

Answer 7

A notary public has to take an exam to be certified. Their main use is to certify that you have signed a document. They have a raised paper ink stamp that is affixed to your paper and they sign their name to certify and see you were the person who signed the paper or document.

Answer 8

It proves that the document and signature is Legal and True.

Answer 9

They witness the signature on documents.

Answer 10

boils
down to being a legal witness for a signature thats about it