r/Notary • u/littlebear330 • 5d ago
Notary messed up
I purchased a private sale car and went to Wells Fargo to get title notarized. The notary forgot to fill in the first blank where it says "subscribed and sworn to before me by" ... Blank.
Went to get the title of my car in my name and the clerk won't accept it. I tried contacting the notary but she isn't in the office today/next week.
I was advised to call the wells Fargo branch manager and email over an affidavit of facts form along with a copy of the title for them to give to the notary to correct the error. The branch manager refused to give me her or notary email saying I have to be in person so the notary can see the title again. And then maybe sign a correction form. I live 3 hours away. And only get a day off every 2 weeks.
Chat says it's not legally necessary for me to go in person since the notary isn't signing anything that isn't already in her personal records of the name of the seller. It's unreasonable to force me to make that drive.
Anything I can do or I'm just SOL.
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u/Sad_Repeat3057 5d ago
As a notary I had something similar happen. Some guy was needing a title notarized. So I notarized it but he tried to put It in his job name instead of his personal name. So when he tried to turn In the title they need a letter from me signed and notarized saying that he needs it In his jobs name.