The average Filipino is full of shit at the best of times. Make them
semi-important and there is no stopping them. The archaic legaleez they spout is
a bloody joke. But then so is the entire society. Unless you are there for cheap
sex, cigarettes and booze.... At least that is what some people think. Perry

--- In streetwisephilippines3@yahoogroups.com, "gelynch52" <gelynch52@...>
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> Purpose of a notary?
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> It seems here in The Philippines that notaries have no idea of their
> actual purpose and the laws they are to follow.
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> Every time I write some simple document that needs the signature
> notarized the notaries rewrite the entire document and add a lot of
> unnecessary or simply incorrect information. The job of a notary is
> simply to verify the identity of the person who is signing the document
> in the presence of the notary.
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> Why can't they just do that and leave the document writing to whoever
> needs the document? If I want to make a document selling you the
> Brooklyn Bridge and have my signature notarized I should be able to do
> so. That notary only guarantees MY SIGNATURE. It does not make the sale
> legal.
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> I needed a simple General Power of Attorney for my sister in America to
> use when using my bank account and conducting my business. That document
> is very simple and is only one sentence in length. I ***** ****** do
> give my sister **** ********* authorization to sign my name for any and
> all purposes as my Power of Attorney since I am out of the country and
> need someone able to sign documents for me.
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> That exact document was what I gave to my mother when she was still
> alive and it served the need but when I needed a new one in my sisters
> name the notary here decided he needed to justify his fee and retyped
> the whole thing adding a lot of stuff I neither needed or wanted. A
> notary in the USA has a stamp with all his or her notarial license
> information on it and when the person signing has properly identified
> themselves they put the notarial seal on it, sign the stamp and record
> the transaction in the legal register,.
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> Here I once tried to get my wife's signature notarized on divorce papers
> and the notary said, "We don't have divorce in The Philippines so we
> don't notarize divorces." She did not even know that a foreigner can
> obtain a divorce abroad that is legal in The Philippines and that she
> was not notarizing a divorce, but only the signature. All notaries in
> The Philippines are lawyers (with the exception of members of Congress
> and certain other officials) and that is why the lack of legal knowledge
> is so appalling
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> I have posed that question in Yahoo Answers and it will be interesting
> to see what, if any replies I get. I welcome comments and or answers
> here.
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