SENATE BILL REPORT

SB 5949

BYSenator Warnke

Establishing procedure for acknowledgements of documents before notaries by disabled persons.

Senate Committee on Commerce & Labor

Senate Hearing Date(s):March 4, 1987

Majority Report:  Do pass.

      Signed by Senators Warnke, Chairman; Smitherman, Vice Chairman; Anderson, Cantu, Lee, Sellar, Tanner, Vognild, West, Williams.

Senate Staff:Dave Cheal (786-7576)

                  March 4, 1987

AS REPORTED BY COMMITTEE ON COMMERCE & LABOR, MARCH 4, 1987

BACKGROUND:

Disabled persons may be physically unable to sign their name, but may be otherwise competent.  There is no clear legal direction for individuals in that situation to execute legally binding documents.  A limited guardian could be appointed for that purpose, but is expensive, time consuming, and sometimes not needed.

SUMMARY:

Otherwise competent persons who are physically unable to sign their name may orally direct a notary public to sign documents on their behalf.

In doing so, a notary public must be satisfied that the person making this request is physically unable to sign a name and is otherwise competent.

Fiscal Note:      none requested

Senate Committee - Testified: No one