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- From: bhayden@teal.csn.org (Bruce Hayden)
- Newsgroups: misc.legal
- Subject: Re: Attorney v. Lawyer
- Message-ID: <bhayden.724950713@teal>
- Date: 21 Dec 92 15:11:53 GMT
- References: <1992Dec20.4141.28403@dosgate> <1992Dec21.135251.29758@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu>
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- cthorne@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu (Charles E Thorne) writes:
-
- >In article <1992Dec20.4141.28403@dosgate> "nigel allen" <nigel.allen@canrem.com> writes:
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- >In the United States a notary essentially provides an "official" witness
- >to documents (placing a seal on the document) and attesting that the
- >person appeared before them, and signed the document. Courts will not
- >accepted documents (such as deeds) which have not been notarized. Also,
- >auto titles must be notarized when transferred. The only other things
- >notaries can do is take depositions.
-
- Note that this is changing - in the Federal system we use mostly
- declarations instead of affadavits (witnessed by a notary).
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- >Notaries pass a state exam and are certified by the state. Lawyers become
- >life-time notaries, whereas non-lawyer notaries must renew they notary
- >charter (until recently, in Ohio, non-lawyer notaries could only practice
- >in their county of residence -- but could also become notaries in any
- >adjoing county).
-
- This is state by state. In Colorado all you have to do is post a bond.
- I was a Notary long before I was an attorney.
-
- Bruce E. Hayden
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- bhayden@csn.org
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