On Wed, Jun 01, 2005 at 05:48:46AM -0500, Ron Johnson wrote: > On Wed, 1 Jun 2005 10:14:43 +0200 > Wouter Verhelst <wouter@debian.org> wrote: > > On Wed, Jun 01, 2005 at 07:54:51AM +0200, Marc Haber wrote: > > > On Tue, 31 May 2005 14:13:54 -0600, "Wesley J. Landaker" > > > <wjl@icecavern.net> wrote: > > > >Right, but they have to get it notarized (or forge a notary's seal, which is > > > >a criminal offense, at least in the US) which requires government ID > > > >(again, at least in the US). > > > The entire procedure is quite US centric. I don't understand why you > > > US guys are so fond of your notaries. > > A while ago, in an IRC discussion, it was revealed that a notary in the > > US doesn't mean as much as it does in Europe. > > AIUI, in the US, a notary is just some extra title a lot of secretaries > > have, so that they can make some documents more official. > That's wrong. You take a non-trivial test, and be background checked. > The secretaries you are referring to are 99.9% of the time in law > offices and title-transfer companies. > For example, why see a lawyer, when all you need is an unbiased > 3rd party to certify that it was actually you who signed that > document? Oooooh! That explains so much. I was told to get a notarised form for a domain transfer before the domain registrar would release it. I ended up losing the domain (>_<) because I discovered that to find a notary in Australia, you have to go to a US Embassy. What you describe above sounds like what we call a Justice of the Peace... (Although we don't just get them in law offices, you find them all over the place. I think most states here have an online list of JPs who can witness things for you.) -- ----------------------------------------------------------- Paul "TBBle" Hampson, MCSE 8th year CompSci/Asian Studies student, ANU The Boss, Bubblesworth Pty Ltd (ABN: 51 095 284 361) Paul.Hampson@Anu.edu.au "No survivors? Then where do the stories come from I wonder?" -- Capt. Jack Sparrow, "Pirates of the Caribbean" This email is licensed to the recipient for non-commercial use, duplication and distribution. -----------------------------------------------------------
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