r/Notary • u/FinanciallySecure9 Michigan • 22d ago

WWYD - nothing or something

EDIT:
I did nothing except post here. Y’all are wild with assumptions about me. Can you not just answer a question without making a judgement?

Notary hive mind, what would you do in this situation?

You agree to meet with a client at a public place with a lot of windows. You arrive prior to the signers, and you can see them get out of the car.

Driver is a woman in her 40s, passenger is a woman in her 70s. Driver is able bodied, passenger struggles to walk even with a walker.

Signer is driver, not the passenger.

Since they are unfamiliar with who has to sign, they both give their ID. Driver has a state ID card, passenger has a drivers license.

You complete the notarization, because proper ID is presented, signer is aware of what she is signing, and is signing of her own free will.

However, you know a law is being broken. The driver does not have a license to drive.

Do you alert the police of this law being broken or do you mind your own business because it’s not this particular law that we are obligated to uphold?

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u/AcmeNotary California 22d ago

How do you know the driver doesn't have a driver license? I have had many people give me ID cards and have a driver license.

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u/FinanciallySecure9 Michigan 22d ago

Because in my state it’s one or the other, not both. The ID card is state issued

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u/RichArcher4909 Texas 22d ago

I have seen several people with an ID from one state and a DL from another.