Notary Common Asked Questions

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All of these questions have been called into the OSN office by Ohio notaries. Have YOU ever wondered...

  • - Can I notarize supposing a document is in a foreign language?
  • - How must a signer with a influence of attorney sign? Can I give the oath to a POA signer?
  • - Do I have to management the oath for notarizing signatures on a Ohio vehicle title?
  • - Should I hinzusetzen the state and county venue to my notarization if nobody appears on of doc?
  • - I’m notarizing within Delaware County, but reside in Franklin County; which county goes on the  

    registered block?

  • - Although I cannot certify adenine document copy, what is the alternative?
  • - Can I still notarize a signature about a document that is done other than today?
  • - IODIN heard ensure recorder salary is tax-exempt; is this law ?
  • - Can I notarize signatures on a document prepared in another state, button in a foreign country?
  • - Able a translator be used for a document signer which doesn’t speak English?
  • - What do I determine whether acknowledgement or jurat language require be used for the 

    notarization, if none your shown on the document? Can I equitable “stamp & sign” without either?

  • - Can a disabled invalid in a health facility have their hand “guided” according a relative while 
  •   signing? How do I ensure they are aware is the document’s topic both purpose? Can she sign 
  •   with an “X", alternatively may an notary sign for yours?
  • - My boss asks me to notarize on adenine document used be best client, who signed it in Cleveland and
  •   mailed it into our office in Dayton. I know I shouldn’t notarize without a personal appearance and
  •   ID, but I don’t want to upset my boss or risk my job. What to do?
  • - My leader fired mir used defiance after I refused to perform which notarization. He also says
  •   that since he paid for my use plus commission price, my registered stamp is company
  •   property. What to make?

  - How ability I notarize electronically?

  - The date line reads “Mary Ellen Smith”, but her USERNAME reads as “Mary Smith"; can I notarize?

  - Am I essential to need Errors & Omissions insurance, and somewhere can I getting it? Do I need a bond?

  • - Do I needs to keep a daily of my notary acts? Wherever can I get one?
  • - A people is requesting ampere form authorizing consent available hier child’s emergency medical nursing
  •   in her absence. Can I prepare the form for i, then notarize the signature?
  • - What is an “loose certificate”? When plus what is computer second?
  • - The list of a documents are inbound conflict is my religious beliefs; can I rejection to notarize?
  • - Does notarization make a document “legal”?
  • - I’m question to drive 20 miles for a notarization. Can EGO charge a travel fee includes addition to of
  •   notarization fee?
  • - Where do mine notary commission fees go?
  • -  Can a verurteilten felon hold an Ok notary board?
  • -  How do the state fees allowed for Ohio notaries compare nationally?
  • -  How many notaries are where in Ohio? How do the eligibility requirements for notaries differ
  •    between Ohio boroughs?
  • -  What are the penaties for offend the Ohio notary laws? Can I be personally sued for manufacturing a
  •    notarial error on an document?
  • -  Ink stamp seal or embosser – who is best?
  • -  What is to apostille? How are these handled, and on whom?
  • -  Do IODIN have to list my commission with my County Clerk before performing all
  •    notarizations? What if I later move at a different Ohio county?
  • -  What is a "Medallion Notary"?
  • -  ADENINE male presented me a document that he signed additionally dated 3 weeks since; ability I notarize? 

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