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Missing or Incorrect Notary Seal States like California and Texas have specific requirements for the placement and design of the seal. Without a proper seal, legal and financial institutions may reject the document.
Since the signer is only acknowledging his or her signature, the signature could have been affixed some days, weeks, months, or even years earlier. As long as the signer is personally present before the notary and acknowledges the signature, then the notary can proceed with performing the notarial act.
Documents rejected for improper notarization have risen to 25 to 30 percent in the state of California.
The name you write on a Notary certificate must exactly match the name on your official Notary commission. Also, you must sign each Notary certificate with the signature that you filed with your commissioning official. Don't leave out or add an initial to your signature if it doesn't match your commission name on file.
One of the most common mistakes that notaries make is not printing or signing their name exactly as it appears on their notary commission.
Failing to require signers to be present at the notarization is the number one claim of misconduct against Notaries.
In fact, the signer has the sole right to make changes to the document. Remember, if the notarization period is complete, then the public notary cannot modify a notarial certificate. In order to make changes, however, the signer has to appear in person in the presence of a notary public to initiate new notarization.
An acknowledgment requires the following steps: The signer must appear in person before you. You must positively identify the signer ing to your state's rules. The signer may either sign the document before appearing before you, or in your presence.