Affadavit for collection of personal property pursuant to small estate..
August 9, 2022 3:52 PM Subscribe
An aunt who resided in South Carolina passed away in Hong Kong with assets remaining in South Carolina. We need to complete a Form 420ES (?) but it needs to be notarized.
Any recommendations to find a notary in SC that can do this remotely? I am in Canada, other relatives are in HK.
The Form also specifies that this needs to be done within 30 days of the decedent's passing. Is this a hard limit?
Would the notary (if it is even possible to do this remotely) be able to submit the form, etc.?
Thank you,
The Form also specifies that this needs to be done within 30 days of the decedent's passing. Is this a hard limit?
Would the notary (if it is even possible to do this remotely) be able to submit the form, etc.?
Thank you,
I just signed up for a mail forwarding service that used the Notarize app to connect me to the next available notary (on a Sunday, me in California and her in Virginia). I needed a webcam for her to see me and a smartphone to capture and transmit my forms of ID. The website says "anywhere", you might give them a try.
posted by Lyn Never at 4:54 PM on August 9, 2022
posted by Lyn Never at 4:54 PM on August 9, 2022
Best answer: I am US based Notary; I am not your US Based Notary.
Depending on where you are in Canada, it may be easier to indeed head to a US Embassy, to get the form notarized in person.
Here is detail, from the US Embassy site itself: https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/records-and-authentications/authenticate-your-document/Notarial-Authentication-Services-Consular.html
Alternatively, if you're closer to a border town than a US embassy? You could cross the border, into the USA, to get this form notarized at a local UPS.
Last but not least? You could call the appropriate office in South Carolina, to see if the form can be notarized in Canada, by a Canadian Notary: https://www.walkinnotary.ca/will-my-documents-be-accepted-in-the-united-states/.
If you have further questions, you can probably call the National Notary Association, to see if they can help you out with this.
posted by spinifex23 at 8:26 PM on August 9, 2022 [3 favorites]
Depending on where you are in Canada, it may be easier to indeed head to a US Embassy, to get the form notarized in person.
Here is detail, from the US Embassy site itself: https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/records-and-authentications/authenticate-your-document/Notarial-Authentication-Services-Consular.html
Alternatively, if you're closer to a border town than a US embassy? You could cross the border, into the USA, to get this form notarized at a local UPS.
Last but not least? You could call the appropriate office in South Carolina, to see if the form can be notarized in Canada, by a Canadian Notary: https://www.walkinnotary.ca/will-my-documents-be-accepted-in-the-united-states/.
If you have further questions, you can probably call the National Notary Association, to see if they can help you out with this.
posted by spinifex23 at 8:26 PM on August 9, 2022 [3 favorites]
Also - in the past, I have not submitted forms for clients; they did that on their own. But, there indeed may be Notaries that will provide that service. But, it's generally not part of the Notarial act.
posted by spinifex23 at 8:29 PM on August 9, 2022 [1 favorite]
posted by spinifex23 at 8:29 PM on August 9, 2022 [1 favorite]
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The notary should be present with folks signing the form(s).
posted by bluedaisy at 4:07 PM on August 9, 2022 [3 favorites]