COMMISSIONER OF OATHS
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Brief Definition
A Commissioner of Oaths is a person who is empowered by the provincial or state legislation to administer and witness the swearing of oaths or solemn affirmations to take an affidavit or for any other legal matter.
In Ontario, all notaries are Commissioners, authorized to administer and witness the swearing of oaths or solemn affirmations. They are also certified to administer the oath for the taking of oral testimony.
A Commissioner of Oaths is also licensed by law to witness a declaration as required by law. The person taking the oath or solemn affirmation or declaration is known as the deponent or declarant.
The duty of a Commissioner of Oaths is to ensure that an oath or solemn affirmation or declaration is properly administered. However, the Commissioner does not verify the validity of the statements mentioned in the document. The responsibility of ensuring that the statements are true lies with the deponent.
Brief Definition
A Power of Attorney (POA) is a legal document representing a written authorization given to another person to act on your behalf in private, business or legal matters. It is an excellent option to hand over your responsibilities to a person you trust in case you come across uncertain situations in the future where your decision-making capability is hampered.
Conditions
In the majority of states and provinces, a Commissioner of Oaths must administer the oath or declaration as per law. The deponent or declarant must be physically present before the Commissioner of Oaths to have the oath administered.
While administering the oath, the Commissioner must be completely satisfied with the legitimacy of the deponent’s identity and signature. The Commissioner may verify the authenticity of identity and signature by comparing it with another document of identification such as a driver’s license, passport or a provincial health insurance card, where health cards are acceptable as identifications. In Ontario, Health Cards are not acceptable as valid form of identification due to privacy laws in Ontario.
Types of Services
The Commission of Oaths is used in the following situations:
- Commissioning of Oaths/Solemn Declarations
- Statutory Declaration of Common Law Union
- Witnessing of Signatures
- Statutory Declaration concerning a lost, stolen, damaged, destroyed or inaccessible Canadian passport or travel document
Parties Involved
The person authorizing another to act is known as the ‘principal grantor’ of the power, while the person authorized to act is known as the ‘agent’, sometimes also called an ‘attorney’ or a ‘representative’.Why is a POA Required?
A Power of Attorney is mainly made for situations in which you need someone to make the decisions if you’re experiencing difficulties in management or feel that you’ll be medically unfit in the near future, rendering you incapable of making sound decisions.Types of Power of Attorney
There are two types of Power of Attorney that are made: Power of Attorney for Property and Power of Attorney for Personal Care (or Health).Power of Attorney for Property
Types of Oaths
It is necessary for the deponent to confirm the following question for a Commissioner of Oath to witness an oath successfully:
“Do you guarantee that the contents of this affidavit as subscribed by you are true?”
In case an oath of the above sort is objected to by the deponent or declarant, then the declarant must confirm by answering ‘yes’ to the following question:
“Do you solemnly confirm and declare that the contents of the affidavit as subscribed by you are true?”
As per the requirement of a solemn declaration, the deponent must declare ‘yes’ to the following question:
“Do you make this solemn declaration conscientiously, considering it to be true and knowing that it is of the same force and effect as if made under oath?”
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A Power of Attorney for Property grants the person mentioned in the document the power to make decisions about your property and finances if you want someone else to manage them or you feel you are or may become medically unable to manage them in the future.
You can give this type of Power of Attorney to someone for a limited time in situations such as when you’re travelling to another country for a short while. The property mentioned in the Power of Attorney could include your money, house, and anything else that may or may not be of high financial value.
A Power of Attorney for Property is usually made for business or short-term purposes. After the laws pertaining to this were modified in 1996, the majority of people who choose to make a Power of Attorney for Property mostly go for a Continuing Power of Attorney for Property.
Charges
We charge $40 for the first notarization and $15 for each subsequent notarization. Our fees range from $8 to $40 per notarization, depending on the number of documents you are notarizing, with the fees reducing based on the number of documents. To find out more about our Power of Attorney services and set up an appointment, call us at 416-782-5926 or 1-888-672-7266 (toll-free).
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94 Via Bagnato, Toronto, Ontario, M6A 2S1 CANADA
(Located Across the Playground Behind Shoppers Drug Mart at 770 Lawrence Ave W)(The Road that leads to Shoppers Drug Mart at 770 Lawrence Ave W is called Via Bagnato)
(We are in one of the Commercial Units of the Treviso 3 Condo at 3091 Dufferin Street. The Road at the
Back of the Condos is Called Via Bagnato. Please Drive in or Walk in Through the Shoppers Drug Mart
road at 770 Lawrence Avenue W)
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