I do travel to places other than Plano, North Richardson and North Dallas but more often than not, the travel time is so much more costly it’s usually better to find someone closer to you. That being said, there are many reasons someone would rather pay the additional travel time and I am open to those trips.
As more and more new residents flood North Texas and DFW, I have more and more requests for witnesses. It is a challenge for new residents to find unrelated witnesses. Depending on the document, care facilities may allow certain employees to be witnesses but most do not. As a mobile notary without a store front,…
Along with my earlier discussion about the signer being present, the signer must also be competent. A caller recently requested that I go to a nursing home where his elderly father was living. He indicated that his step-brother was controlling his father’s stuff against his (the father’s) wishes. He said that his father had a…
I may seem to be repeating myself but the following information will help you have a good experience….. Yes…the person signing the document(s) must be there and must sign in person in front of me. If your document is a sworn document, you will also have to take an oath before the notary. ID –…
If you need a notary to acknowledge your identity or take your sworn statement, that means that you (the signer) must be present and present proper and current ID at the time of the signing. I cannot notarize a document if the person whose name is on that document isn’t present. So unless you just…
This post was originally made in April 2011. Another adoption related call reminded me it was time to revisit the subject. Day in and day out we notarize documents. As a notary in the State of Texas the document is valid as long as the date it was signed and notarized is on or before…
A person who cannot sign his or her name because of illiteracy or a physical disability may instead use a mark – an “X” for example – as a signature, as long as there are witnesses to the making of the mark. For a signature by mark to be notarized, there must be two disinterested…