On Thu, 2 Jun 2005 03:09:16 +1000 Paul TBBle Hampson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Wed, Jun 01, 2005 at 05:48:46AM -0500, Ron Johnson wrote: > > On Wed, 1 Jun 2005 10:14:43 +0200 > > Wouter Verhelst <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > On Wed, Jun 01, 2005 at 07:54:51AM +0200, Marc Haber wrote: > > > > On Tue, 31 May 2005 14:13:54 -0600, "Wesley J. Landaker" > > > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > >Right, but they have to get it notarized (or forge a notary's seal, > > > > >which is > > > > >a criminal offense, at least in the US) which requires government ID > > > > >(again, at least in the US). > > > > > The entire procedure is quite US centric. I don't understand why you > > > > US guys are so fond of your notaries. > > > > A while ago, in an IRC discussion, it was revealed that a notary in the > > > US doesn't mean as much as it does in Europe. > > > > AIUI, in the US, a notary is just some extra title a lot of secretaries > > > have, so that they can make some documents more official. > > > That's wrong. You take a non-trivial test, and be background checked. > > > The secretaries you are referring to are 99.9% of the time in law > > offices and title-transfer companies. > > > For example, why see a lawyer, when all you need is an unbiased > > 3rd party to certify that it was actually you who signed that > > document? > > Oooooh! That explains so much. > > I was told to get a notarised form for a domain transfer before the domain > registrar would release it. I ended up losing the domain (>_<) because I > discovered that to find a notary in Australia, you have to go to a US Embassy. > > What you describe above sounds like what we call a Justice of the Peace... > (Although we don't just get them in law offices, you find them all over the > place. I think most states here have an online list of JPs who can witness > things for you.) I've always wondered what all the duties of the JP are. Obviously it varies from state to state. Here (in Louisiana), the JP is part-time, can marry you, is a Really Small Claims Court, and that's all I know. And, it is an elected office! I bet they are more important out in rural areas, where there's not a 1000 lawyers and title-transfer companies in the phone book. -- ----------------------------------------------------------------- Ron Johnson, Jr. Jefferson, LA USA PGP Key ID 8834C06B I prefer encrypted mail. "In order to become the master, the politician poses as the servant." Charles de Gaulle -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
