A Notary public is required to be a witness at the signing of documents and to check the sworn oath of each party involved. A notary license holder is a person who is allowed by law to administer oaths, certify documents and take acknowledgments. A notary does not exersise any power or juristiction in any criminal case.

Notaries have to make sure that whoever is signing the document is notarised as the person who says they are. Because of the importance of identities, an notary public has to spend some time verifying identities and those involved with the signings.

One misconception about a notary license is that his or her official signature and/or embossing stamp automatically makes a document ‘true and legal’. Any certified documents have to be sealed by the notary, who then has to record them and maintain them in the future.

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Settlement Agents who close real estate transactions, such as Title Companies, Escrow Companies and Attorneys, often need mobile notaries to witness borrowers’ signatures on loan documents. Lenders, Builders and Estate Agents need good notaries as well.

Although only seen sometimes as a ‘clerical formality’, this small and critical component of the deal known as the ‘loan document signing’ is in truth an art form.

When documents need to be accurately signed a great distance away and returned by the next day, time is of the essence and the deal is could be on the line. Specialist notaries as closing professionals are depended upon by customers needing to protect their reputations at this point in the deal.

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