What is a Notary?

What is a notary public?

A notary public is a third-party official who serves the public as an impartial witness, performing a variety of official fraud-deterrent acts related to the signing of important documents. These official acts are called notarizations, or notarial acts.

A notarized document must be signed or witnessed by an official known as a notary public. The person signing their name to the document must come into view before the notary public and provide sufficient identification. Because the government identifies notary publics as trustworthy, their capability to notarize is used to confirm the trustworthiness of your document.

Why do I need a notary?

Notary services are used to confirm, authenticate, certify or indicate the implementation of any instrument. Instrument in terms of the Notaries Act refers to document by which any right or legal responsibility is or purports to be, formed, transferred, customized, limited, or recorded.

When a notary notarizes a document, they validate, certify and attest the document. The notary validates a document by assuring themselves as to the identification of the person who has signed the document; certifies a document, meaning they confirm that the document is an accurate copy of the original and attests, meaning they bear spectator.

A notary is believed to make sure that all signatures on a document are legal.

• Identity confirmation: Notaries involve identification from anyone signing a document, and will record information about the recognition documents used by each person.

• Willing signers: Notaries look for signs of compulsion. Even if you don’t like what is in a document, are you signing on your own liberated will, or is someone forcing you to sign?

• Capable of sound decisions: A notary wants to make certain that signers are in a position where they can truly appreciate what they’re signing. If an individual is under the influence, medicated, or not capable of understanding what’s happening for any reason, the notary cannot notarize the document.

Importance of notarization

A notarized document helps to confirm that you are the one signing the paper. So, the only reason for notarizing a document is to avoid any kind of document fraud and or individuality theft by preventing someone from presenting a fake document.

A notarized letter which is certified by a notary public also assists in protecting the rights of the society who might otherwise be subjugated. A lot of court actions and delays may be avoided if the document of a contract is certified by a notary. It is not necessary to notarize all legal documents but, in some cases, notarization of certain documents is preferred.

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