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though presumably in "these trying times" the entire transaction was done remotely and so the proof of ID was images/photos/scans rather than seeing the origina
by marcus_holmes 5y ago
though presumably in "these trying times" the entire transaction was done remotely and so the proof of ID was images/photos/scans rather than seeing the originals - a lot easier to forge and alter
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- pmyteh 5y agoI had to turn up in person to a solicitor's office with ID (and my face) for a recent house purchase (in England), so that's at least not universal.
- lbriner 5y agoI have never done this for personal house sales in the UK, the only time we did it was when getting a commercial lease signed by the directors and each of them had to ID at the Solicitors offices. Thinking about it, it does seem very open to abuse!