BEFORE YOUR APPOINTMENT

Identification:

 

All identification must be the original issued and current. The following forms of identification are acceptable:

 

• State Driver's License

• U.S. Military ID card

• State Identification Card

• U.S. Passport

• Foreign Passports Stamped by U.S. Customs

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The name you will be signing on the document must match the name on your ID.

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What if  I do not have identification, can I still get a document notarized?

Yes, by having Credible Witness.

 

Credible Witnesses

If you do not have proper Identification available, or the name on your ID is different due to a recent marriage then you may use two credible witnesses to have a document notarized.

 

Two Credible Witnesses :

• must know the signer by the name on the document to be notarized

• can and is willingly to swear to the signer's identity

• not named on the document to be notarized

• does not have a financial interest in the document to be notarized

• has Proper ID (listed Above)

• must be 18 or older

 

Signing a signature with a mark  

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If individual is not able to write their signature and has Valid ID:

 

1. two “disinterested” witnesses need to be present and  sign as witnesses on the document

 

2. the person that is getting the document notarized will make their signature mark

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3. one witness will write the person’s name next to their mark

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then will sign his or her name as a witness.

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4. the second witness will verify that they witnessed the individual make his or her mark on the document

 

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