Is it required to specify the fingerprint in notarized documents?
Is it necessary to specify the fingerprint in the notarized document?
Based on Article 48 of the Law on Notarization 2014, which stipulates regulations on signing and fingerprinting in notarized documents as follows:
- The person requesting notarization, the witness, and the translator must sign the contract or transaction in the presence of the notary public.
In case the authorized person of a credit institution or other enterprises has registered a sample signature at the notary office, that person can sign the contract in advance; the notary must compare their signature on the contract with the sample signature before performing the notarization.
Fingerprinting replaces signing in cases where the person requesting notarization, the witness, or the translator cannot sign due to a disability or illiteracy. When fingerprinting, the person requesting notarization, the witness, or the translator should use the right index finger; if the right index finger cannot be used, the left index finger should be used; if neither index finger can be used, another finger can be used and it must be specified which finger and which hand were used.
Fingerprinting can also be conducted simultaneously with signing in the following cases:
a) Notarizing a will;
b) At the request of the person requesting notarization;
c) The notary sees it necessary to protect the rights of the person requesting notarization.
Therefore, you can use fingerprinting to replace signing. When fingerprinting, the right index finger must be used, if the right index finger cannot be used, the left index finger should be used, and if neither of these can be used, another finger should be used and it must be specified which finger and which hand were used.
Does a notarized document need to be paginated?
According to Article 49 of the above-mentioned law, it stipulates as follows:
Notarized documents consisting of two or more pages must be numbered consecutively. Notarized documents consisting of two or more sheets must have an overlapping seal at the joints of the sheets.
Hence, notarized documents consisting of two or more pages must be numbered consecutively.
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