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The UK is weird about this. Generally speaking you wouldn’t actually want to use a notary public, which is (in the UK) a very old profession regulated by the Ch
by noodlesUK 3y ago
The UK is weird about this. Generally speaking you wouldn’t actually want to use a notary public, which is (in the UK) a very old profession regulated by the Church of England. Most of the time, you will have a solicitor certify documents. This is much cheaper, and is what is usually used by large organisations who already have engagements with law firms. In Scotland, solicitors are able to get a special smart card to certify and sign documents.
- Tagbert 3y agoIn the US, notaries are often in law, accounting, banking, and real estate offices and do the notarization for little to no money. No church involved .
- bdavbdav 3y agoSolicitor certification of documents is a farce here in the UK. My mortgage company had me have a solicitor certify bank statements etc. I said I didn’t have paper copies. They said printed PDFs would to, and to get the solicitors to certify them. Madness.
- ghaff 3y agoIn the US, it would probably be the case that someone in the lawyer's office is a notary and/or they're one themselves.
- tough 3y agoIn Spain Notaries do their own opositions and it's mostly a protected by state position that earns a lot of cash for signining documents.