Legal Question in Real Estate Law in California
Two people are joint tenants and own property in San Francisco that they would like to sell. One person lives in San Francisco, the other lives in Los Angeles. At the close of escrow, do both persons need to be present at the same time to sign notarized documents? Or can each have the documents notarized separately at different times and different locations with different notaries?
2 Answers from Attorneys
As long as the documents say they can be signed in counterparts they can be signed in different places at different times. Any good national or regional title and escrow company will be very familiar with and able to arrange for signings in multiple locations.
I agree with Mr. McCormick. A good escrow company should be able to coordinate the signing of documents from different locations, which occurs during escrow, not after the close of escrow.
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