Practice question
A traditional notary is commissioned for Territory A. A hospitalized client requests notarization in Territory B, which lies outside that commission. The notary invokes the hospital exception to justify travel. No separate electronic or other special notarial authority is involved. Which assessment is correct?
- Hospital confinement extends every commission nationwide
- Client consent supplies territorial authority
- The hospital exception relaxes the office-location rule but does not extend the commission beyond its territory
- A higher fee cures the territorial defect
- A document concerning property in A permits notarization anywhere
Legal references
- 2004 Rules on Notarial Practice, A.M. No. 02-8-13-SC, Rule III Section 11 and Rule IV Section 2(a), official collation PDF pages 1755–1756: https://elibrary.judiciary.gov.ph/assets/pdf/journals/Collation_and_Codification_of_SC_Issuance_DIGITAL.pdf
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