Posted by LindaH
on December 27, 2008, 4:58 pm, in reply to "Notarizing blank documents"
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In a word - no - you should NOT notarize a blank document or a document with ANY blanks in it .....page 22 of the governor's manual:
"Don't Notarize Blank Documents
Apparently, it is a common practice for people to sign a blank power of attorney form to facilitate the sale of a motor vehicle. Notaries should be careful not to notarize incomplete documents.
Many notarized blank forms have been found at car dealerships by DMV investigators and are often presented to officials at U.S. Customs in Miami. According to officials at these agencies, incomplete forms will not be accepted, and if notarized, they will be presented to the State Attorney’s Office and to the Governor’s Office for investigation and appropriate action."
If that's the NNA primer you're talking about, throw it away. Although they ARE correct in this instance there is a lot of bad information in that book. I threw mine away last year. Go to www.flgov.com/pdfs/ref_manual11-22.pdf (hope that works) or go to http://notaries.dos.state.fl.us/education/index.html - you'll find the manual there .. THAT should be your bible - not that NNA thing. Save the governor's website as a favorite place and refer to it often.
Oh...no, I never worked for that company. If he says they "do it all the time" then every notary is breaking the law. And I believe it's illegal for THEM to ask the notary to do that..
Stick to your guns - don't do it.
Good Luck.
--Previous Message--
: I'm in a wee wee contest with a lender.
: I'm not notarizing a blank document
: and he says they do it all of the time
: (LEXION).
: FL Notary Law Primer says not to do
: it.
: Any comments will sure help. Anyone
: else ever worked for them and had this
: problem?
:
: Thanks Joe
:
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