Full question:
Does the intent to purchase land and an intent to the lease the land (e.g., lease/purchase agreement) have to be notarized to be legal and binding?
- Category: Real Property
- Date:
- State: Florida
Answer:
A notary public is an officer authorized by the state in which the person resides to administer oaths, take acknowledgments, certify documents and to take depositions if the notary is also a court reporter
A person signing a document to be recorded in the land records of a county in Florida must sign before the proper authority, such as a notary public. A notary must state what form of identification was used, affix his seal and state the date that his appointment expires, as well as printing his name.
Acknowledgement of one's signature before a notary public does not affect the legality of a document. The purpose of acknowledging one's signature before a notary is to demonstrate that the signature is genuine and allowed the document it to be recorded in land records (assuming the document deals with a land transfer of some kind).
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