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Practice question: Competent Evidence of Identity

Essay Medium Jurisprudence

Practice question

An unfamiliar signatory produces only a community tax certificate without a photograph and asks an interested contracting party to confirm his identity. Explain the defects under the Notarial Rules and Dandoy v. Edayan.

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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