Notarize something??

[RedHedd]

Most banks or financial institutions (including law firms) have notaries too. This site may help answer some of your questions:

http://www.nationalnotary.org/

The maximum a notary may legally charge is $4 per signature, so don't get ripped off.

[Logan]

Do not be surprised if a bank asks for a small fee to be paid for using their notary services, especially if you aren't a customer. And Edwina's Secretary is right, the document will have to be signed in the presence of the notary. And of course, that Power of Attorney will probably have to be legally filed and notarized, too!

[lbaker]

My local drug store has a notary, I've never been charged but it's a small, local drug store, not a chain.

[Sirrahsim]

yep we will go before a notary to get the power of attorney It's simple on our end because yes we can be seen on the base at the legal office Thanks for the info everyone. I will check out that website!

[Edwina's Secretary]

A bite of a tangent...but aren't notaries regulated by the state? With each state having its own rules (and therefore...differences?)

[Sirrahsim]

A bite of a tangent...but aren't notaries regulated by the state? With each state having its own rules (and therefore...differences?)

I've already made phone calls and verified that my POA will be fine in Ohio. I have also verified that we are fulfilling all of the requirements. I don't need an independant notary here in Texas because I have the base legal office that will give us the POA.The only thing that I wanted to know was where to find a notary so that I can pass that info along and make it easier on the people involved in transfering the vehicle title When we give the individual the vehicle POA we are giving them the right to act in our name to do everything that is necessary to transfer the title. Finding a notary to make the title transfer official is their "problem" but I'm just trying to be nice and give tham examples of where they can go.

[Edwina's Secretary]

I am just curious...in Mass...apparently they cannot charge $ to notarize and in California a notary can charge $4. Just makes me wonder how different the different states are about these things!

I know one state honors a notarized signature from another state...having been through that when we bought and sold while living in different states!

[Sirrahsim]

I have no idea about all that. I know that it is ridiculously easy to become a notary in some states though. Fill out a form, take an oath, buy your pretty embossing seal, charge $4 a signature
I wonder, when my kids go to school should I become a notary so that I can notarize permission slip forms and things like that? I'd just have to tell the teachers that if that report card/detention notice/whatever doesn't have an embossed seal on it then it never made it to my hands no matter what my boys may claim

Of course I'd never really do such a thing, but I know that forging Mom or Dad's signature was quite common when I was in school!!

[Cinder & Smoke]

I've already made phone calls and verified that my POA will be fine in Ohio.

Finding a notary to make the title transfer official is their "problem" ...

I drove a rented "company car" for about 15 years ... Pennsylvania Employer,
New Jersey Rental Company, Ohio Driver and Ohio Registration (Plates).
Buying Ohio License plates for the Company Limo was always a Phunn experience!

Year #1; Mistake #1: Rent-a-Wreck sent a PRE-notarized Power of Attorney form -
with MY Signature line *blank* ... And dumm me didn't *sign* in the privacy of my office ...
Noooo, i walked into the "Deputy Registrar's (read contractor for the State) Office" and
lay all my "stuff" out. I thought she was gonna call the Cops!
HEY!! - How's Come this POA isn't *SIGNED* yet!???
"YOU CAN'T **DO** that ... SHE should loose her Notary License!"

Oooopsie ... I'll come back tomorrow when you're less stressed!

Lucky for me, there are LOTS of Deputy Registrars in every Ohio County ...
I dropped in on another Deputy, after SIGNING my POA in the parking lot.

Of course every other year or so the usually always UN-happy Deputy Registrar Clerk would
spot the obvious inconsistency - a New Jersey Notary "witnessing" an Ohio resident's POA ...
they'd hold a minor inquisition hearing with the Manager, Head Junior Assistant Deputy, and my clerk/deputy person ... LOTS of >pointing< at my POA,
asking and re-asking what MY address was ... GOOD GRIEF - just gimmie the Plates!

I adopted a convenient "fib" that worked for years ... "Oh, I case you're wondering,
I get that POA stuff done Evey year while I'm at Corp HQ, in Jersey."

They'd all smear on their Faces and start processing my Plates.

Heck - In twenty years I think I set foot in MY Company's Harrisburg HQ ONE time ...
and I never laid eyes on Rent-a-Wreck's New Jersey HQ! (Me NAW-Tee!)

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Back to the Find an Ohio Notary ...

Whoever needs his/her signature Notarized - the first or "top" signature -
is the person who needs to have a relationship with the Notary to avoid "Fees" ...

"Free" places include: his BANK branch; his Insurance Salesperson; a friend who's a Notary;
sometimes your Local Government Offices (they may tend to charge),
and an Auto Dealer he's recently dealt with.

You'll PAY the State approved Fees places include: County Government Offices;
any level of Court House; some convenience stores; large Contractor's offices;
or places that you don't have a business relationship with.
Ohio has LOTS of Notary Publics!

Another Ohio TRAP you may run into *IF* the vehicle is now titled outside of Ohio ~
the required "Vehicle Inspection" - which involves finding an "Official Ohio Vehicle Inspector"
who has to make a tracing of the "foreign vehicle's" VIN plate and verify the mileage on the speedometer.
The "Inspector's Reports" HAVE to be turned in to transfer the Title.
Ohio has a LOTTA ways to charge FEES and guarantee employment for folks!