what does a notary do? i have to get a form noterized why?

Question

i am paying for someone to noterize a signature on a form the person is not signing in front of them = how can they validate the signature= why are they part of the process

Answer 1

The form should be signed in front of the notary, the purpose of notarization is to verify that that is your signature. You may be able to go where you bank, if you have an account most banks provide free notary services.

Answer 2

In the United States, generally speaking, a notary public is a person appointed by a state government (often the governor or the secretary of state of the state, or in some cases the state legislature) to serve the public as an impartial witness. Since the notary is a state officer, whether the jurisdiction is common law or civil law is determined on a state-by-state basis; Louisiana is the only civil law state.[1] In most states, only qualified persons can apply for such an appointment, called a commission. Qualifications vary from state to state, but states often bar people with certain types of criminal convictions and/or below a certain age from being appointed, and applicants usually must pass an examination covering notary practices and law. The material for such exams is typically contained in a booklet published by the state. Some states also require a bond or insurance.

Notaries in the United States are much less closely regulated than notaries in civil law jurisdictions or in most other common law countries, typically because U.S. notaries have less authority. In the United States, a non-attorney notary may not offer legal advice or prepare documents (with the exception of Louisiana[citation needed]) and cannot recommend how a person should sign a document or even what type of notarization is necessary. In many cases, a notary cannot authenticate a copy of a document. The most common notarial acts in the United States are the taking of acknowledgements and oaths.

An acknowledgement is an attestation by a notary that a person proved his or her identity to the notary's satisfaction; then either signed the document in question in the notary's presence or acknowledged that a signature on the document was their own; and that they signed intending to "execute," or put into legal effect, the document. States vary in the specific requirements for identification and whether the person need actually sign the document in front of the notary. The typical form for an acknowledgement is:
On the ....day of .... in the year...before me, the undersigned, personally appeared ...personally known to me or proved to me on the basis of satisfactory evidence to be the individual(s) whose name(s) is (are) subscribed to the within instrument and acknowledged to me that he/she/they executed the same in his/her/their capacity(ies), and that by his/her/their signature(s) on the instrument, the individual(s), or the person upon behalf of which the individual(s) acted, executed the instrument.

Answer 3

Sometimes the notary has a previous copy of the signature. Then he can give legal validity to another.

Answer 4

In general, notarization is usually required when dealing with wills, real property documents, or other documents that may be filed in the public records.
It basically means that they want the person to sign in front of the notary person so that they can verify that is infact the person that is signing..

Answer 5

If you signed it before taking it to the notary, the notary can NOT legally sign off on the form. You MUST sign in their presence.

Answer 6

technically, a notary is not supposed to notarize something that is not signed in front of them. Sometimes they will do it for you if they know you or if you are signing the form in front of them as a witness.

Answer 7

It just means that they have 'officialized' the document.

If it turns out to be invalid later, then that is the problem of the person who brought it to the notary.

Answer 8

It is basically a person who will witness your signature to make sure you are who you are! Its a legality. They are only about 20.00.....