Best Notary Public West Covina Near Me

4worldlovers: At least one public notary in West Covina has office address here at Unit M of 1559 E. Amar Rd, West Covina, CA 91792. The Notary Public can also speak in Mandarin / Chinese and Filipino / Tagalog.

The West Covina Notary, which is behind Jollibee along the East side of the Seafood Plaza, is the office of two public notary with California state-wide jurisdiction. Parking spaces are available.

Walk-ins are welcome, but call (855) 955-1800 for appointments to be sure someone will be there to assist you.

The notary public can also help you secure Apostilles for authentication of documents, instead of "Red Ribbons" - documents from ALL states of USA. In fact, even Federally issued documents!

They may also help you get certified translations. Or, they can also do I-9 verifications for employment.

A Notary Public serves the public by being an impartial witness in performing a variety of official fraud-deterrent acts related to document signing. The acts are called notarizations or notarial acts. Appointed by state government, typically by the secretary of state, he is publicly commissioned as a “ministerial” official. Such official is expected to follow written rules without the exercise of significant discretion.

What is the role of a public notary in West Covina?


The first job of a notary is to screen the identity of the signers. Next he is to screen their willingness to sign without duress or intimidation. Lastly, he has to screen their awareness of the contents of the document or transaction. Sometimes, the public notary also will put the signer under an oath or affirmation. The signer has to declare under penalty of perjury that the content in a document is true and correct.

To earn the public trust, a notary public must be impartial. He is not to act in situations where he has a personal interest. That impartiality demands that a notary public not to refuse serving a person due to race, nationality, religion, politics, sexual orientation or status as non-customer.

What is a notarial act of a public notary in West Covina?

Different duties call for different notarial acts. Here are the most common notarial acts and the description of each is copied from the National Notary Association:

The purpose of an acknowledgment is to ensure that the signer of a document is who they claim to be and has voluntarily signed the document. Acknowledgments often are needed for documents concerning valuable assets, such as deeds, mortgages and deeds of trust.

To perform an acknowledgment, the signer must personally appear before you at the time of notarization to be positively identified and to declare — or “acknowledge” — that the signature on the document is their own and that they signed willingly.

While it is common practice for your client to sign the document in front of you at the time of the notarization, it is not necessary. Your client may sign the document before bringing it to you and declare — or acknowledge — to you that the signature on the document is theirs.

The purpose of a jurat is for a signer to swear or affirm that the contents of a document are true. Depending on the jurisdiction, it also can be known as an affidavit or a verification on oath or affirmation.

For a jurat, the signer must personally appear before you and sign the document in your presence. You must then administer an oath or affirmation and have the signer speak aloud his or her promise that the statements in the document are true. The choice between an oath or affirmation should be made by the signer.

Administering the oath or affirmation is a vital part of performing a jurat or verification because the signer is affirming that the contents of the document are true, and he or she may be prosecuted for perjury if the contents are not true.

In some cases, a client may simply need you to administer an oath or affirmation orally, rather than as part of a jurat​, affidavit or other written document. The purpose of administering a verbal oath or affirmation is, again, to compel a client to truthfulness.

An oath is a solemn pledge to a supreme being. An affirmation is a solemn pledge on the individual’s personal honor. Again, the choice should be made by the signer.

A copy certification confirms that a reproduction of an original document is a “full, true, and accurate transcription or reproduction” of the original.