Practice question
An unfamiliar person presents only a community tax certificate that has no photograph. No personal knowledge or qualified credible-witness identification is available. May a traditional notary rely on that certificate alone as competent evidence?
- Yes, because payment of a tax establishes identity conclusively
- Yes, if the person promises the signature is genuine
- Yes, if the deed has witnesses who are also parties
- Yes, because any government paper necessarily meets every identification rule
- No; that certificate alone does not satisfy the stated competent-identification requirements
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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