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Double check on your calendar to make sure. Properly place your notary stamp or seal. Sometimes, the stamp or seal is impressed upside down or has a partial or blurred impression. Documents that get handled this way are at high risk of getting rejected.

No. A notary public may not simply ?X? out his or her notary signature and seal on a notarial certificate that contains mistakes. Changes to a notarial certificate must be made only at the time of the execution of the notarization when the principal signer is present.

What are the steps for a notarization? You must present valid identification (a valid piece of government issued photo ID with another piece) to your Notary. Your Notary will then ensure you understand and can attest to what you're about to sign. The Notary Public then witnesses your signature.

While the state of Texas doesn't forbid notarizing for your family members and relatives, you should not notarize a document if you stand to benefit from it?financially or otherwise. This is because your involvement in that document might discredit it in the future.

: Texas law does not restrict you from notarizing for family. However, because a Texas notary public should be an impartial witness, we strongly recommend you do not notarize for any family member.

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.