Did You Know | Notarizing Signatures
Channel: DetroitJCS
Date: 2022-02-12

In Michigan, there are certain limitations that a Notary Public can and cannot do based on Michigan's Law on Notarial Acts (MiLONA). It prescribes, describes, and proscribes what a Michigan Notary Public is able to (not) do, and is available online.

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NOTE: A Michigan Notary Public may not be a signature witness and notarize the same document.

In this situation, if the witness's signatures are required to be notarized, the Notary Public will only be able to notarize the record owner's signature and the other witness, so best practices apply. One best practice in this scenario is to have two witnesses witness the document and the Notary Public completes the document notarization. A second best practice - in this case -is for the Notary to enlist another Notary to notarize the notaries (witness) signature as a Notary Public in Michigan cannot notarize their own signature.

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