Legal Question in Wills and Trusts in California

This is a notary question in regards to Sequential Journal Line Entry. ID verification has to be current or issued within five years. What is the rule when a drivers license is used for ID which is not current, had not been renewed and was expired months before and contains no physical description or photo? Would this be valid identification even if the document was drafted by an attorney as well as being the notary know to the signer of the Trust. Medical conditions & circumstances exist in this issue. Please help.. Thanks.


Asked on 3/29/13, 7:22 am

1 Answer from Attorneys
Kelvin Green The Law Office of Kelvin Green

A notary almost always signs the notary jurat or acknowledgement that the person has provided valid ID or is personally known to them. If they had known each other a long time, the probably is not an issue. A notary is supposed to use current ID and it could cause issues if somone decided to challenge the notarization...but if the person was known to them it probably would survive challenge

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Answered on 3/30/13, 7:29 am


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