

Who is eligible to become a notary public?.
#NOTARIZED PHOTOCOPY CODE#
Texas notaries public are governed by Chapter 406 of the Government Code, Chapter 121 of the Civil Practice and Remedies Code and the secretary of state's administrative rules found in 1 Texas Administrative Code Chapter 87, as well as any other applicable state or federal law. If you have specific legal questions, consult your attorney.

The answers to our Frequently Asked Questions are provided for informational purposes and are not intended to provide legal advice or to substitute for the advice of an attorney. SOSDirect: Business Searches & Formations.If you face any difficulty with this, insist to the notary that they are simply notarizing your signature and not the contents of the document. And ask the notary to notarize your signature. If the notary is unwilling to write any statements on his own photocopy of the document, you can write a statement like “I declare this is a true, exact, and unaltered photocopy of my passport,” and sign below it in presence of the notary.Subscribed and sworn (or affirmed) before me this _ Day of _, _. Signature of Affiant/Custodian of Document Copied I, Custodian of Document Copied, swear/affirm that the foregoing (or attached) is a true and complete copy of the document which it purports to represent, and the photocopied document is neither a public record nor a publicly recordable document, certified copies of which are available from an official source other than a notary public.

(Change the wording accordingly, here.)Ĭertification of CopyState of _ This certificate is attached to a passport copy of.

I,, affirm that the attached is a true and complete copy of the document which it purports to represent. In this case, type the following paragraph on a blank sheet of paper, and superimpose the photocopy over the contents of that paper. If the state where you live does not allow option #1, as described above, the notary can notarize your signature.The notary will write or stamp “TRUE COPY” on the document and put their signature and the stamp on the photocopy.In each case, make a photocopy of the document and take it to the notary along with the original document. Therefore, we have listed several options here. Notaries are not completely wrong in many cases, as several states do not allow notaries to notarize the photocopy of a document as a “TRUE COPY”. Many people complain that the notary refuses to notarize a copy of their passport. However, for those documents where a notarized copy is required, people routinely face difficulty. Please note that in most cases, a notarized copy of a birth certificate, marriage certificate, etc., cannot be used, and a certified copy must be used for them. Many legal processes require a notarized copy of your passport, green card, and similar documents.
