On Wed, Dec 4, 2019 at 1:18 PM Jmapb <[email protected]> wrote: > At least in the USA, there's some overlap between the sorts of places > that offer copyshop services and the sorts of places that offer notary > services. Notary services are also commonly found at banks, estate > agents, travel agents, and, as you mentioned, lawyers.
In New York, virtually every member of the bar is a notary, since attorneys admitted to practice in New York need not pass a separate notarial exam and must simply swear the oath of office and pay the license fee. Those who live in Civil Law countries must note that notaries public in Common Law countries are very minor civil officers; their only real qualification is the witnessing of signatures and (sometimes) the administration of oaths. A notary in a Civil Law country is more comparable to what a Common Law jurisdiction would call a 'solicitor'. (Exception: Louisiana, Puerto Rico, and Quebec all have hybrid systems of Common and Civil Law, and notaries there have the power to prepare wills, deeds, and contracts; Florida and Alabama have two-tier systems wherein some attorneys are commissioned as Civil-Law notaries with the power to certify entire legal documents, not merely the signatures. Civil Law notaries in Florida and Alabama are also authorized to officiate at marriage ceremonies and prepare apostilles for certification by their respective Secretaries of State for international usage.) -- 73 de ke9tv/2, Kevin _______________________________________________ Tagging mailing list [email protected] https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging
