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Notary language for letter7/10/2023 ![]() Those who have been involved in inter-country adoptions will be aware that the adoption dossiers sometimes comprise several hundred pages made up of many different documents and letter from various individuals, agencies and state bodies. The fees for the verification and attestation of Adoption Packs for inter-country adoptions reflect the cost of the Notary's services in terms of time spent and the care and responsibility involved. ![]() ![]() Where there are multiple documents involved the Notary will provide an estimate or quote a fee after seeing and examining the documents. Where a notarial certificate or a letter on the Notary's headed notepaper is required to be drafted and attached to a document - so that, for example, an apostille can be obtained from the Department of Foreign Affairs in order to "legalize" the document in a foreign jurisdiction - the cost is typically in the order of €70 to €100 depending on the nature of the document and the certificate or letter required. The value of the Notary's signature and seal on a document is that it verifies the document and enables it to be accepted in a foreign jurisdiction as authentic. A similar fee is charged for verifying an original document or certifying a copy document as a true copy of an original. If 5 out of 5 notaries refuse for the same reason, it probably is "established" in local law that you have to know the language the document is written in.Usually, the fee for verifying the identity of a person and witnessing their signature and/or sealing a document for use in a foreign jurisdiction is €50. In other words, a notary may do more than just say "I saw this person sign their name here".Īs for the specifics of Saskatchewan law, I don't see that refusal is necessary on the part of the notary, but in a regulated business, an abundance of caution is not unreasonable. Of that which was copied", also "that a person is the person described in aĭocument". Another rationale could be invoked in Washington, that the notary must determine that "the signature is that of the person appearing before the notary public and named in the document" (hard to do in a language you don't know), also that "In certifying or attesting a copy of a document or other item, a notary public must determine that the proffered copy is a full, true, and accurate transcription or reproduction There may also be a prohibition in serving as a notary for a transaction which you have a financial interest in – which requires that you be able to judge what the document is about (Florida). If the document is written in Arabic and the notary does not know Arabic, he can't know if he is legally permitted to sign the document, even if your exchanges with the notary are all in a common language. There may be a requirement saying "No notary public shall subscribe his signature or affix his seal, where a seal is necessary, to a document until it has been fully completed with respect to the particulars required for the purposes of the document" (Saskatchewan). Why is the notary required to understand the document I present him, when all that needs to be done is to certify that my signature is mine? Other sites, including the corresponding the Wikipedia article, list steps that a notary should take, and none mentions "reading the document and understanding it". The notary public is a commissioned representative of a state government and is charged with verifying your identity as the signer, ensuring you sign under your own free will, and witnessing the signing event.ĭoing that doesn't require understanding the contents of the document. And when I went to my usual notary, he refused to notarize it because it is not in English (or, more properly, I guess, because he cannot understand the language).Īfter a brief search, it looks like this is fairly standard. Since I speak the language of the foreign country, I used that language for the letter. ![]() Today I needed an authorization letter notarized for a visa my daughter is applying for. ![]()
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