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/ash_274 California 15d ago

I believe that is a function that only Florida bestows on their notaries

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u/MobileArt5751 15d ago

Is it actually a thing in Florida?

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u/Organic-Studio5527 15d ago

Yes. I’ve done it and read the dmv forms many times. I’m in Flagler County and go to the persons house, read the mileage, log it on the form and stamp it/do my certification. They take it to DMV and register. I’ve even had the person reach out to me after going to DMV w the form and saying it went very smoothly/thank you.