0 If a letter or other document is notarized, it is signed by a notary public:
1 if a document is notarized, it is signed by a notary public in order to make it official or legal:
It is true, of course, that even notarized loans and rental contracts pose tricky problems of interpretation.
It also includes accusations of notary fraud wherein the notaries pre and/or post notarize the affidavits and signatures of so-called robo-signers.
A notary is almost always permitted to notarize a document anywhere in the state where their commission is issued.
Cadillac gave his wife power of attorney to sign contracts and notarize documents in his absence.
Virginia law requires a notary to use a seal on every document they notarize.