an officer who can administer oaths and statutory declarations, witness and authenticate documents and perform certain other acts varying from jurisdiction to jurisdiction
A person recognised by law as having the ability to verify the signing of a deed, certify copies of documents, and witness documents from another country •Justices of the Peace
A person appointed by a state official to serve the public as a disinterested witness, to take acknowledgments, administer oaths and affirmations, and to perform such other acts as are allowed or required by law
A law officer whose duty it is to attest deeds, to make authentic copies of documents, to make protests of bills, and to act as a legal witness of any formal act of public concern
A person (usually a lawyer) appointed by the provincial Lieutenant-Governor with the power of drawing and keeping Deeds and of attesting protests of dis honoured negotiable instruments This person is also a Commissioner of Oaths before whom affidavits are sworn
A public officer who is authorized to take acknowledgments to certain classes of documents such as deeds, contracts, and mortgages and before whom affidavits may be sworn
A public officer who executes acknowledgments of deeds or writings in order to render them available as evidence of the facts therein contained; administers oaths and affirmations as to the truth of statements contained in papers or documents requiring the administration of an oath
A state licensed public officer who administers oaths, certifies documents and performs other specified functions A notary public's signature and seal may be required to authenticate signatures on certain legal documents
A person who has been authorized by the courts to attest to the authenticity of documents and signatures, usually for a fee Sometimes referred to as a "notary "
A designation authorized by law and administered by the government, allowing a designated person to verify and certify signatures and copies of documents