Notary Services

Question

A patron came in and asked me to “witness a signature.” He was signing some bank document, but it didn’t need to be notarized, just witnessed. I realized he wasn’t signing his name, and when I asked him about it, he said that it was his aunt’s name and he had a Power of Attorney - he showed me those documents, so I ended up signing as a witness. But I felt uncomfortable about it.

Answer

I have good news: the attorney you married really knows her stuff!

Of course, that means I also have bad news: the document you witnessed is probably invalid!