Notaries record matters of judicial importance also as private transactions or events. Notaries maintain an officially authenticated record or a document involved with professional skill or knowledge was required.

 

Functions of Notary

 

1. The Function of Notary is to administer the oaths and affirmation, witness and authenticate certain documents, and check documents. It acknowledges on deeds and conveyances, affidavits and statutory declarations, a notice of foreign drafts, and other legal activities.

2. Give Notary Acts

3. Translate and check the documents 

4. Act as an arbitrator, mediator, or counselor according to the requirement 

5. Administer the oath

6. Record the evidence in a criminal or civil trial when directed by the authority.

 

Importance of Notary

 

 The notarized documents help to check that you are the one who is signing the documents. The main purpose of notarizing the documents is to avoid any fraud or identity theft by avoiding someone from presenting a fake document. The notarized letters are that are certified from the notary public also help in protecting the rights of the citizens who get exploited. It also helps to avoid the court proceedings if the documents are certified by a notary.

 

Benefits of Notarizing a document

 

1. As it is not necessary to legalize all documents but in some cases notarization of documents is necessary. If you did not notarize the required document, then it can be a question and this may lead to rejection of the documents in the court.
2. Rule 12 of the Notary Rules, 1956 describes that a notary seal should be of 5cm, which is to be used for verification of documents. The seal verifies the fact that and the people signing the document are authentic.
3. It helps to prevent fraud in legal documents.
4. The presence of a notary seal in any documents confirms for the court that the signatures done in the document are authenticated.

 

Summate

 

On discussing throughout the article what is notarization, about the functions, we can say that a notarization is an important formality that should be followed while doing a lease agreement. Notarized documents give assurance to the legal authenticity of a person’s identity and signature. Hence, notarization cannot be optional in registering an agreement. Both notarization and registration have importance in executing an agreement.

 

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