Legal Question in Legal Ethics in Illinois

Re: Notarized documents

It depends what instrument is signed and notarized. Typically, a written contact need not be notarized in order to be enforceable. However, where by agreement or statute a notarized signature is required, you must have the signature notarized.

However, simply because a document is signed and notarized does not make it enforceable. For example, if you signed a contract for the purchase of heroin for $100 and the seller agreed to sell you heroin for $100, it would make no difference whether the contract was signed and notarized or not: it is unenforceable either way as an illegal contract.

-- Kenneth J. Ashman; www.AshmanLawOffices.com; [email protected]

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