Practice question
A client asks a notary to date today’s acknowledgment last month to meet a lender’s deadline. The notary knows the earlier date is false. May the notary comply?
- Yes, if the instrument itself is lawful.
- Yes, if the client signs a waiver.
- Yes, if the loan was discussed last month.
- No; a certificate must not contain information known or believed to be false.
- Yes, if the register alone bears today’s date.
Legal references
- A.M. No. 02-8-13-SC, 2004 Rules on Notarial Practice, Rules III, IV and VI, official collation pp. 1707–1716: https://elibrary.judiciary.gov.ph/assets/pdf/journals/Collation_and_Codification_of_SC_Issuance_DIGITAL.pdf
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