If
the Signer is unable to present a Valid state-approved ID
card as satisfactory evidence of identity, the signer could be
identified through
EITHER * The Oath or Affirmation of
ONE or TWO “CREDIBLE IDENTIFYING WITNESSES”.
A Credible Identifying Witness is an
individual who PERSONALLY KNOWS the SIGNER and SWEARS
or AFFIRMS to the SIGNER’S IDENTITY.
Credible
Identifying Witnesses should exhibit: HONESTY, AWARENESS and
IMPARTIALITY
ONE CREDIBLE IDENTIFYING WITNESS can be used
when the Notary and the Signer have a person that they both know
PERSONNALLY.
This would be a long personal relationship between
all three individuals - the Notary the Signer and the Credible
Identifing Witness.
TWO CREDIBLE
IDENTIFYING WITNESS can be used when the Notary does not know the Signer or
ANYONE else that the Signer knows.
Credible
Identifying Witnesses must swear or affirm UNDER PENALTY OF
PERJURY to the following:
The
individual appearing before the notary public as the signer of the
document is the person named in the document.
The credible
witness personally knows the signer;
The
credible witness reasonably believes that the circumstances of the
signer are such that it would be very difficult or impossible
for the signer to obtain another form of identification;
The
signer does not possess any of the identification documents authorized
by law to establish the signer’s identity;
The
credible witness does not have a financial interest and is not named in
the document signed.