You will need one of the following unexpired IDs: a driver's license, state ID, military ID, or passport.
If you don’t have an ID or it’s expired, you must have two witnesses present during the signing who must have one of the above-mentioned forms of ID. Fill in all documents completely, but do not sign.
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A notary is a state official who has been background checked, screened, and granted a special commission from a state or county government to allow him or her to acknowledge or officially witness another person's signature on a document.
Due to time, distance, and urgency, there is no way a judge can see every person who decides to enter into some type of contractual agreement, so they give these powers to a notary. The notary's job is to be an impartial, credible witness, who verifies the identity of the signer(s) via acceptable means and ensures that person is coherent, has a general understanding of the document they are signing, and are not being forced at the time of the signing.
A notary gets the ID of person(s) signing, makes sure the document are legitimate and everyone is acting in their own accord.
The magic behind the notarization of signatures is that many state courts and all federal courts automatically declare a notarized signature to be authentic in court. For example, Rule 902(8) of the Federal Rules of Evidence in a U.S. court goes like this: Extrinsic evidence of authenticity as a condition precedent to admissibility is not required with respect to the following: * Acknowledged documents. Documents accompanied by a certificate of acknowledgment executed in the manner provided by law by a notary public or other officer authorized by law to take acknowledgments.