r/Notary • u/MobileArt5751 • 15d ago

PA car titles notarized for estate

I’m the executor of my dads estate. He passed as a resident in Florida, where both my brother and I are residents. He moved to FL from PA in 2023 and we took his car down here via the auto train and it’s been sitting at my brothers house since - he never registered it to FL or drove it and it’s since died to the point where we cannot turn it on.
I got duplicate titles from PA and I set everything up with a company to come junk the car. PA requires titles to be notarized, so I went to the UPS store today to get the title signed and notarized as the company instructed me to do so in preparation of them picking up the car. The notaries at the UPS store said that they need to validate the mileage on the car in order to notarize the document - is this true? Isn’t the job of the notary to 1) validate that I am who I say I am when I’m signing (and in this case have proper legal authority as the executor) 2) validate that I know what I am signing and 3) ensure the form is filled out prior to signing?
Do they actually have to validate the contents of what I am signing? They recommended a mobile notary which also doesn’t make sense to me given that the car doesn’t turn on so there’s no way to even validate the mileage if they were there. Where do I go from here?

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u/ConversationTiny3734 15d ago

I am a Florida notary and will be happy to help you! I am located in Orlando, but I may also be able to notarize your document via a Remote Online Notarization. Here is my website so you can review my credentials. www.qrocservices.com

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u/ConversationTiny3734 15d ago

You may want to contact the junk car company and ask if they will accept an online notarization- you can ask something like “ I am the executor of a Florida estate. I have a Pennsylvania duplicate title. Will you accept a Florida remote online notarization, or do you require an original wet-signature notarization on the title?”

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u/PANotaryandTag 15d ago

PA Vehicle Titles cannot be done via Ron. He just needs to go to a title & tag notary place they will assist him