Please note that Virginia law prohibits Notaries from accepting monies at closings unless the Notary holds an escrow license and is CRESPA certified. \u00a0I do not have an escrow license and I am not CRESPA certified.<\/span><\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row overlay_dotted=”” css=”.vc_custom_1585100266640{margin-top: 25px !important;}”][vc_column][vc_tta_accordion style=”modern” shape=”square” color=”white” spacing=”3″ gap=”3″ active_section=”1″][vc_tta_section title=”What is a Notary Public?” tab_id=”1640633013626-8d13d141-9617″][vc_column_text]The Commonwealth of Virginia Notary Public Handbook defines a notary as a public officer \u201cwho acts as an official, unbiased witness to the identity and signature of the person who comes before the notary for a specific purpose. The person may be taking an oath, giving oral or written testimony, or signing or acknowledging his or her signature on a legal document. In each case, the notary attests that certain formalities [as required by law] are observed.\u201d[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section title=”What are the Official Acts of a Virginia Notary Public?” tab_id=”1640633013655-76acd526-df5e”][vc_column_text]The code of Virginia specifies five basic notarial acts:
\n1) Taking Acknowledgments
\n2) Administering Oaths
\n3) Certifying affidavits
\n4) Certifying depositions
\n5) Certifying \u201ctrue copies\u201d of documents*<\/p>\n
* Virginia notaries are not authorized to certify copies of birth, death, or marriage certificates. Only the Division of Vital Records\/Statistics may perform such a certification. If you need a certified copy of this type of document, you must request it from the state in which the individual was born. As a fraud prevention measure, many states require that the request form be notarized \u2013 a Virginia notary can notarize your signature on this form. Virginia notaries are not authorized to perform marriage ceremonies.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section title=”What kind of identification is needed to have my document notarized?” tab_id=”1640633097966-87c93320-f8e5″][vc_column_text]As per Virginia law, all signers must personally appear before the notary and present government issued photo identification. The name on the identification must match the name printed on the document. Acceptable identification documents are as follows:<\/p>\n
State issued driver\u2019s license
\nState issued identification card
\nUnited States military card
\nUnited States passport
\nCertificate of United States citizenship
\nCertificate of naturalization
\nAlien registration card with photograph
\nUnexpired foreign passport<\/p>\n
A notary may refuse to notarize a signature if he or she is uncertain of an individual\u2019s identity, or if the notary is uncomfortable with the validity of the identification documents.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section title=”What is a notary signing agent?” tab_id=”1640633127388-09bf0e9d-066d”][vc_column_text]A notary signing agent is a notary public that notarizes mortgage documents for borrowers who purchase or refinance their current mortgage. Notary signing agents are impartial witnesses who identify the signer, verify that all documents are signed and dated, notarize the documents, and return the executed loan package to the lender.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][\/vc_tta_accordion][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"[vc_row][vc_column][\/vc_column][vc_column css=”.vc_custom_1585099756326{margin-top: 30px !important;}”][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1619930260070{margin-bottom: 0px !important;border-bottom-width: 0px !important;padding-bottom: 0px !important;}”] @AfterHoursVA offer services “after” normal business hours, weekends and holidays. You can arrange a meeting place and I will travel to you. Home, office, or your local coffee shop! Serving Richmond, Virginia and surrounding counties.\u00a0\u00a0 Did you know you can also get your documents[…]","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2457,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.afterhoursva.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/132"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.afterhoursva.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.afterhoursva.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.afterhoursva.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.afterhoursva.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=132"}],"version-history":[{"count":43,"href":"https:\/\/www.afterhoursva.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/132\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3274,"href":"https:\/\/www.afterhoursva.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/132\/revisions\/3274"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.afterhoursva.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/2457"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.afterhoursva.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=132"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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@AfterHoursVA<\/em><\/span><\/strong> offer services “after” normal business hours, weekends and holidays. You can arrange a meeting place and I will travel to you. Home, office, or your local coffee shop! Serving Richmond, Virginia and surrounding counties.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n