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<font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif">Section 4 of Chapter 281,
Washington Laws of 2017, [<a moz-do-not-send="true"
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simply states:<br>
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(2)(a) A notarial officer may not perform a notarial act with
respect to a record to which the officer or the officer's spouse
or domestic partner is a party, or in which any of the above have
a direct beneficial interest.<br>
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Doug Schafer, in Tacoma<br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 9/15/2017 12:23 PM, Bryce Dille
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<div>The new notary statute that becomes effective the first of
year definitely does<br>
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On Sep 15, 2017, at 12:10 PM, Lincoln Miller <<a
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the restriction against related parties being a
witness to a POA also apply to the notary? Here
is the relevant section of the statute:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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lang="EN">§ 11.125.050. Power of
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power of attorney must be signed and
dated by the principal, and the
signature must be either acknowledged
before a notary public or other
individual authorized by law to take
acknowledgments, or attested by two or
more competent witnesses who are neither
home care providers for the principal
nor care providers at an adult family
home or long-term care facility in which
the principal resides, and who are
unrelated to the principal or agent by
blood, marriage, or state registered
domestic partnership, by subscribing
their names to the power of attorney,
while in the presence of the principal
and at the principal's direction or
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power of attorney shall be considered
signed in accordance with this section
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physically unable to sign his or her
name, the principal makes a mark in
accordance with RCW 11.12.030, or in the
case of a principal who is physically
unable to make a mark, the power of
attorney is executed in accordance with
RCW 64.08.100.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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