Comments on: 10 tight points on Loose certificates

By: Ray

Ray — Tue, 28 Apr 2020 05:43:11 +0000

IN any Loose certificate, I always print

Name of Document: the name of the document to which it is attached.
NEVER without it unless the language on the page says it was for.

By: lupe

lupe — Wed, 27 Nov 2019 19:18:23 +0000

I had a ack and jurat stamp made with all of the correct wording and try to stamp it on the page, however sometimes I have to use loose ones. good idea to add thumbprint in addition to all of the information.

By: betty

betty — Mon, 25 Mar 2019 15:19:52 +0000

Thanks! Although I have not had to attach very many loose Acknowledgements/loose Jurats I hadn’t thought to have the signed give a thumbprint for that! I will from now on. what is scary is a previous article that you published attesting to how some title companies/lenders will remove the staple that attaches MY loose certificate to the notarized document!! How do you protect yourself against this? Should I scan the document and my certificate and keep it on my computer and/or make a printed copy of it to keep with my records? I would be interested to know your opinion on this. Thanks!

By: Kathleen Andreini

Kathleen Andreini — Mon, 12 Nov 2018 18:02:52 +0000

What would you do if you had the docs sent to you by a notary who signed the first person in a dual signing and the notary had made some glaring mistakes – ie notarized the Jurat in the document that did not have required wording for the state (CA – no box at top) and completed 3 loose acknowledgements that weren’t attached to any document (had been included at the end of the documents by lender)
I left a phone message for signing company (ServiceLink) and sent an email saying I was concerned no response. Notary listed on 123 Notary.

By: Terry

Terry — Mon, 14 Dec 2015 20:19:40 +0000

This may be trivial, but on the loose certificate where it asks for number of pages, I always right the number out, rather than using a numeral, which I think can be “doctored” more easily. For example, if the document is 7 pp. long, I write “seven.”

By: Kenneth Edelstein

Kenneth Edelstein — Sun, 26 Jul 2015 23:54:10 +0000

OOPS, forgot to mention, I also “over emboss” half on sig page, half on loose ack. Thus those with a large supply of WhiteOut and a copier are thwarted too.

By: Kenneth Edelstein

Kenneth Edelstein — Sun, 26 Jul 2015 23:51:43 +0000

“You should also indicate the document name, date and length on the certificate as well as any other pertinent and identifying information about the document just in case the certificate gets separated.”

Good, but not great. All of the information “might” also apply to a reprint with slightly different numbers. Better is to “overstamp” half on the ack, half on the sig page. Then the ack CANNOT be moved in any manner whatsoever. Of course there is a full stamp on the ack itself.

Take care to position the loose ack (mine are about 1/4 of a page in size), such that the overstamp goes in a clear area (on the sig page) and does not cover anything. This is exactly the same procedure used by the NY County Clerk office when they authenticate my signature and add their form. Half their stamp goes on the authentication, half on my ack; and if possible their stamp “hits” the sig page under my ack.

I have actually been asked “Please don’t do that; it makes it impossible to move your notarization to an updated document; without a complete renotarization”. That I take as high praise indeed!