La Jolla Mobile Notary serving San Diego County

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888 Prospect Street, Ste. 200

La Jolla CA 92037

7:30AM - 8:00PM

Monday to Friday

Is a Notary Public required to see the person sign the document at the time I perform the notarization?

It depends on the document being notarized. When preparing a jurat, the person requesting the jurat must appear before the Notary Public, take an oath, and sign the document in the presence of a Notary Public. When preparing a certificate of acknowledgment, the document can be executed before the person brings for notarization. In an acknowledgment, the signer must personally appear before a Notary Public and acknowledge that the signer executed the document, not that the signer executed the document in the presence of a Notary Public. For both a jurat and an acknowledgment, the notary public must certify to the identity of the signer. (Civil Code section 1189 and Government Code section 8202)

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