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- From: tjc50@juts.ccc.amdahl.com (Terry Carroll)
- Newsgroups: misc.legal
- Subject: Re: Attorney v. Lawyer
- Message-ID: <d1e502oG2f0e01@JUTS.ccc.amdahl.com>
- Date: 22 Dec 92 01:55:57 GMT
- References: <1992Dec21.135251.29758@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu>
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- In article <1992Dec21.135251.29758@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu>,
- cthorne@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu (Charles E Thorne) writes:
- >
- > 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.
- >
- > 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).
-
- Charles probably knows this, but I'd add that the above information is state-
- specific. Fopr example, becoming a lawyer in Ohio automatically makes one a
- notary with no expiration (as Charles notes), but the same is not true in
- California.
-
- Terry Carroll - tjc50@juts.ccc.amdahl.com - 408/992-2152
- The opinions presented above are not necessarily those of a sound mind.
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