Notary Terms and Definitions
Before finalizing your estate plan, you should become familiar with some of the notary terms that are associated with the act of signing your documents. What is a Notary? “Notary” or “Notary Public” means any individual appointed and commissioned to perform notarial acts [C.R.S. 12-55-102(3)] Because the definition in the Colorado Revised Statutes is so brief, the following information has been included to further describe what a Notary is. Various definitions/synonyms for “notary public” can be drawn from other states’…