Thank you for not asking a Texas Notary to…
Perform acts that constitute the practice of law.
Notarize a document without the signer being in his/her presence; or, to replace a lost notarial certificate.
Place a date which has already passed on a notarial certificate.
Notarize a document which has blanks.
Place his or her seal on a document with the only signature being the notary’s own.
Issue a certified copy of a document recordable in public records.
Use any other name on the notarial certificate other than the one he/she was commissioned for.
Forego administering the oath or affirmation.
Use a credit card or other non-picture bearing document as proper identification.
Take an acknowledgement over the telephone.
Change or alter an instrument which is going to be notarized by the same notary.
Notarize a document the notary has an financial interest in the notarizing thereof.
Notarize a document without allowing the notary to inspect it for completeness and to gather statutory information for the notary's journal.