notarized docs but not with a RAISED SEAL
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Anonymous
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Just because I need to vent: My 93-year old mother, who lives in Washington, D.C., had to organize a lot of documents dealing with her house and other assets. She got everything notarized and sent them to the attorney, who rejected them because we used a notary who just had a seal, but not a RAISED SEAL, which is what DC requires. What a stupid, backwards, narrow-minded requirement.
No one died; we've got to get them re-notarized with a RAISED SEAL by the end of the month. In these days of electronic signatures, why DC requires a RAISED SEAL is beyond me. AUGH. There is so much paperwork involved in getting old! |
Anonymous
| I have never had anything notarized and not gotten a raised seal- in various states. It sounds like someone took advantage of her. In DC there are notaries at UPS stores. |
Anonymous
I have POA for a family member and while dealing with numerous financial institutions noticed some didn’t have a raised seal. I thought it was strange. |
Anonymous
| It still varies state by state whether they require a raised seal, or embosser. DC lists the embosser requirement. VA and MD allow stamps or embossers. |
Anonymous
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Wait till you have to get a MEDALLION seal. I dragged my 80-year-old mother to four different branches of Bank of America to find the ONE person in the DMV who has authority to do a MEDALLION seal.
All so we could take my dead dad's name off 40 shares of a single stock. [eyeroll] |
Anonymous
My dad dealt with this when my mom passed. We discovered Fidelity has the medallion seal. Such a pain! |
Anonymous
What does this have to do with anything? |