GCM Mobile Notary

A Thumbprint is only required when we notarized a power of attorney or a real property document.

The following are the notarial acts that can be performed in California: Acknowledgement: The signer personally appears before the Notary, is identified, and signs the document or acknowledged that he or she signed the document. Proof of Execution by Subscribing witness: An individual vouches before a Notary to having watched the principal signer of a document sign the document or take the signer’s acknowledgement they signed and having been requested to sign the document themselves as a witness. They must appear with one credible witness who has valid ID, and who the notary personally knows) in front of the notary. Jurat: The signer personally appears before notary, is identified, signs in the presence of the notary, and is administered an oath or affirmation declaring the truthfulness of the document.

A notarization is a certificate filled out by the Notary, certifying certain facts about the signer and document. The Notary does not verify the accuracy or validity of the document.

California Law does not provide the authority for California notaries public to perform a remote online notarization. The personal appearance of the document signer is required before the notary public. However, California citizens who wish to have their documents notarized can seek a mobile California notary public. www.sos.ca.gov.

Yes! the document should be completed, no blank spaces; the signer should have a valid ID and we must be able to communicate in the same language. An interpreter can not be used.

The identity of the signer can be stablished by the oaths of two credible witnesses. The notary public first must establish the identities of the two credible witnesses.

A general power of attorney is when the principal names an agent to represent them in financial matters, like selling a property or bank transaction. Durable is the same, the difference is the that durable powers of attorney stays in effect even if the principal becomes incapacitated. General powers of attorney ends when the principal becomes incapacitated.