CT Notary Identification and Verification 3

Question 1

A woman presents an ID in her maiden name but is signing a deed in her married name. What is the CT notary's best course of action?

Accepted Answer

Decline unless identity under the name being signed can be established by satisfactory evidence

Answer

The notary must be able to identify the signer under the name being used on the document, or the notarization should be refused.

Question 2

Which situation involves the highest risk of identity fraud that a notary's verification duty is designed to prevent?

Accepted Answer

An impostor executing a deed transferring someone else's real property

Answer

Impostors forging property transfers are a classic fraud that careful identity verification by notaries is meant to stop.

Question 3

A signer offers only a birth certificate as identification. Why is this generally insufficient on its own?

Accepted Answer

It contains no photograph or signature to link the document to the person presenting it

Answer

A birth certificate cannot be matched to the bearer because it lacks a photo, signature, or physical description.

Question 4

During a notarization, the notary suspects the presented passport is counterfeit. What should the notary do?

Accepted Answer

Refuse the notarization because satisfactory evidence of identity is lacking

Answer

A document the notary reasonably believes is fake cannot serve as satisfactory evidence, so the notarization must be refused.

Question 5

Two brothers who are identical twins appear, and one asks to sign for the other 'since we look the same.' The notary should:

Accepted Answer

Refuse, because the person signing must be the actual named signer whose identity is verified

Answer

Only the actual named individual may sign, regardless of resemblance, so substituting a lookalike is impermissible.

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