Practice question
A stranger requests notarization and brings two credible witnesses. Neither is privy to the transaction; each personally knows the stranger and shows the notary documentary identification. The witnesses give the prescribed oaths. The notary does not personally know either witness. Is the two-witness route necessarily defeated by that last fact?
- Yes, because both witnesses must always be personally known to the notary
- No; the two-witness route requires each to personally know the individual and show documentary identification, with nonprivy status and the prescribed oaths
- Yes, because only one witness is allowed
- Yes, because witnesses must be contracting parties
- No, because two witnesses eliminate every notarial requirement
Legal references
- https://elibrary.judiciary.gov.ph/assets/pdf/journals/Collation_and_Codification_of_SC_Issuance_DIGITAL.pdf — 2004 Rules on Notarial Practice, Rule II, Section 12 and Rule IV, Section 2; February 19, 2008 amendment, printed page 1727.
- https://elibrary.judiciary.gov.ph/thebookshelf/showdocs/1/64339 — Dandoy v. Edayan, A.C. 12084, June 6, 2018, residence certificates and interested identifying witnesses.
- https://lawphil.net/statutes/repacts/ra2018/ra_11055_2018.html — R.A. 11055, Sections 12–14, identification subject to authentication and limitations.
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