Glossary
SC NOTARIAL ACTS
Acknowledgments – We verify your identity and witness your signature on important documents such as real estate transactions, contracts, and legal forms.
Jurats – Need a sworn statement? We administer oaths and affirmations for affidavits, depositions, and other legal documents.
Oaths & Affirmations – We provide official religious oaths and secular affirmations for individuals requiring a sworn declaration.
Copy Certifications – We certify that a photocopy of an original document is a true and accurate reproduction. (Excludes vital records like birth, marriage, and death certificates.)
Signature Witnessing – We verify that an individual personally signed a document in our presence, ensuring authenticity.
Protests of Negotiable Instruments – We notarize financial documents related to dishonored checks or promissory notes.
WHAT IS NOTARIZATION?
When a notary performs a notarial act, he or she is certifying the following:
- That when the notarial act occurred, the notary was lawfully commissioned, serving a current term, was not suspended, performed the notarization within the State of South Carolina, and that the notarization was done according to law.
- That the person whose signature was notarized did not appear to be incompetent, lacking understanding of the transaction requiring the notarial act, or acting involuntarily, under duress, or undue influence.
- That the notary was not prohibited from acting under the chapter governing notaries public.
