Ron Johnson dijo [Wed, Jun 01, 2005 at 05:48:46AM -0500]: > > A while ago, in an IRC discussion, it was revealed that a notary in the > > US doesn't mean as much as it does in Europe. > > > > AIUI, in the US, a notary is just some extra title a lot of secretaries > > have, so that they can make some documents more official. > > That's wrong. You take a non-trivial test, and be background checked. > > The secretaries you are referring to are 99.9% of the time in law > offices and title-transfer companies.
Well, the main point behind this still stands: In the US, notaries are quite common and cheap. In Mexico, they serve +- the same role as there (gathered from your other replies in this thread and from what I know), but I don't think a single notary in this city would certify that I am the guy that appears in my government-issued ID without charging me some US$200 first, at the very least. Most people in this country don't make more than US$400 a month, so notaries are an unaffordable luxury. ...And that for simple transactions. My father bought his house a couple of years ago. IIRC, the notary's fee for the transaction was closer to US$1500. Greetings, -- Gunnar Wolf - [EMAIL PROTECTED] - (+52-55)1451-2244 / 5623-0154 PGP key 1024D/8BB527AF 2001-10-23 Fingerprint: 0C79 D2D1 2C4E 9CE4 5973 F800 D80E F35A 8BB5 27AF -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]