Legal Question in Administrative Law in California

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I have obtained a certified copy of a will that is dated 1946 from the probate court in Wayne county Michigan and I was trying to authenticate it for out of the country, but when I took it to the Great seal they reject it and their rules are, this form has to be notarized, signed by county clerk or state registrar, so i called the probate court and they told me that they can't notarize it even though I offered to get a notary to do so, they said NO, county clerk will not touch it since its a different department and the state registrar don't handle those types of documents and now Im stuck I can't do anything, I really need some help to figure out how to get this document going, the probate court told me about a triple cert. And still until now they haven't send me anything explaining what and who will certify it to figure out if the great seal gonna accept it.


Asked on 9/10/10, 11:56 am

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Michael Stone Law Offices of Michael B. Stone Toll Free 1-855-USE-MIKE

I don't know what the law is in Michigan, but usually the court document is not "notarized," it is "exemplified," which is a process requiring three court seals ("triple seal"). Maybe you confused the court clerk in Michigan by saying "notarized."

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Answered on 9/15/10, 12:10 pm


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