A doctor could be a notary public only if they have received notary commission from the notary control board of the state they are in. A doctor would not pick this title up automatically when he/she becomes a doctor.
Being a doctor does not qualify a person as a notary.
A forged notarization, where the person claims to be a notary, should be reported to the agency that grants notary licenses and they will instruct you on how to continue. A forged signature, of a notary but not claiming to be a notary, is reported to the police.
No. The whole purpose of the notary is to ensure that the person signing the document is competent and knows what they are signing. That is why a notary can not notarize a document unless the signer is in the physical presence of the notary. If a notary affixes his or her stamp to a document, knowing that the person is incoherent and does not understand the document, the notary is guilty of a felony in most states.
A notary can notarize the signature if it is signed in front of them and done in the state where the notary is licensed. Where the signing person lives does not matter.
Anyone who has applied for and received their state notary certification. More specifically, notary public is not a title that arrives for free when you become a doctor, lawyer, or judge, you must still apply to become a notary and pass the notary test.
A notary can notarize any document. They are simply attesting that the person who signed it was the person they said they were.
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No because to be a notary you need to be a resident of that particular state.
Only if he is an actual notary. Being a doctor does not grant that authority.
Doctors and notary publics are two separate types of professionals. A doctor that has taken the oath and obtained the necessary knowledge as well as training can be a notary public as well.
An affiant and a notary are not the same thing. An affiant is the person who signs an affidavit or statement. The notary (often called "notary public") is an official who witnesses the affiant's signature, often by affixing a seal of the state in which the notary is licensed. Note that a notary may not notarize his/her own signature. Therefore, even if an affiant (person who is signing a statement), a separate person who is licensed as a notary must witness and stamp the first affiant's signature. What the notary is notarizing is the person's signature--not the validity of any statement. Is this now clear as mud?
Notarization has nothing to do with a house lien. As long as they are serving as a notary and being truthful there is no reason not to.