Santa Cruz Notary Service
Mobile Notary Service for Santa Cruz County
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Notarizations & Forms
The most frequent type of notarization is the (California All-Purpose) Acknowledgement. Acknowledging a document means that the properly identified signer personally appeared before the notary on the date & in the county indicated, that the signer either signs in front of the notary or acknowledges that s/he did indeed sign the document as well as acknowledging that the document was signed without coercion & that the signer is aware of the documents contents.
The second most frequent type of notarization is the Jurat, often called an affidavit. For a Jurat, the signer must personally appear before the notary & either swear, or affirm, to the truthfulness of the document & it's contents, & sign the document in the presence of the notary.
Less common notarizations :
Copy Certification by Document Custodian: in California, where notary certified copies are prohibited, the legal owner (called the Document Custodian)-certified copy is occasionally used. This procedure requires that the Document Custodian sign a declaration, & swear (or affirm) that the copy is identical to the original. Essentially, this procedure is an affidavit signed by the Document Custodian & with a jurat attached to the copy.
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Powers of Attorney: is a document that grants the legal authority for someone to sign documents on behalf of another person. While a notary cannot supply these documents, a notary may notarize a Power of Attorney as well as certify copies of a Power of Attorney. A copy of a Power of Attorney that has been certified by a notary has the same force & effect as the original document.
Permission for Minor Child to Travel
Concern about parental abductions --- when one parent steals the child from another & flees --- has prompted both travel officials & border personnel to require that a parent or guardian, when traveling without, & sometimes with, the other legal parent but with a minor child, carry a notarized “Letter of Permission for Minor Child to Travel” signed by the parents/guardians of the child (this is in addition to the required US passport for the minor child). This ‘letter’ can take many forms & there are many sites on the Internet where information about this can be found with examples of such letters. A good place to start, however, is by inquiring of your travel agent & airline or cruise ship carriers; consulates of countries you are visiting or traveling through should also be consulted, as they may require a specific form(s) . Don’t forget to inquire at our own US State Dept about documentation requirements regarding travel with a minor child. Included on this web site is an example of a Permission for Minor Child to Travel letter, with the notary acknowledgement certificate, showing many of the facts that might be required by various carriers &/or border officials. This is reproduced here as an example only, & is not an official document. (This file is also available in MS Word here.)
Again, your best sources for definitive information are those cited above:
Travel Agents, airline & cruise ship carriers, Consulates of countries you are visiting, &/or traveling through, & the US State Dept.
For more information, see these web sites:
Crossing Borders - by Teresa Plowright
Cruising w/Kids - by Linda Coffman
Permission to Travel w/Minor Child - Google Search
Disclaimer: I am not an attorney & can not provide legal advice, documents, or suggestions outside the Notary Public field. Notarization fees are set by the State of California. Document & Identification standards & requirements are also set by the State of California.. Note :A Notarization provides verification of a document signer' willingness to sign & that the signer is the person identified by the signature. A Notarization does not prove the truthfulness of the contents of a document, nor does it validate a document &/or render it legal.
