Thread Topic: Notary for other contries
Topic Originator: vanessa garnica
Post Date March 29, 2010 @ 9:37 PM |
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vanessa garnica
1 Posts
(bakersfield, CA)
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I know Russian woman who needs to have an power of attorney notirized and sent back to russia.. She was advised that she needed to make copies of marriage liscence and passport and have them apostille I do not know anything about this what proceedure must she follow?.
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Paul Williamson
103 Posts
(Inverness, FL)
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Let's take one document at a time. First, the POA. Whoever drafts the POA should include a notarial certificate (usually an acknowledgment). The principal, the one granting the power to another, must sign the POA authorizing the Attorney-in-Fact to act on their behalf. What the AIF can do should be specifically stated in the POA. A licensed attorney should be consulted to draft the POA.
Copies of marriage licenses usually need to be requested from the county clerk or whatever government agency is responsible for issuing and maintaining marriage licenses, in the county in which the marriage took place.
Passports present a problem in California because notaries are not authorized to make certified copies of them. However, there are alternatives, one being that the passport custodian swear (in writing) to the authenticity of the passport and the notary can then notarize the custodian's signature. That may be acceptable.
Finally, the 'certified' copies must then be sent to the California Secretary of State for processing. You can read about that process on the CA SOS website at http://www.sos.ca.gov/business/notary/authentication.htm
There are apostille and document authentication and legalization services that will do all the leg work for you. They may be a bit expensive, but should be able to get everything done in the correct order and with the correct processes. Do a Google search for "CA Apostille Processing" to locate some of those businesses.
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