2015 is all of four years ago. I pretty confident that not much changes from year to year in the Notary industry.
Amy, I wasn't referring to the 2015 as being a century ago.
Hawkmoon:
She (the Town Clerk) agreed with me that the language of the statute does NOT clearly say anything of the kind, but we have to proceed based on what the AG tells us, so I will continue to follow what I have always understood the requirement to be: the person has to sign in front of me.
My understanding is that the AG's opinion on the "intent of the legislature," at least in Colorado, has the quasi force of law* until the matter is finally resolved in the actual Courts, so I would feel comforable in following that advice.
However, I don't really have an ax to grind in this particular matter, I just want to make sure of the legal grounds of which we speak in individual political subdivisions.
As an example,
forever, that is, since the last century, I thought "silencers" and machineguns were simply illegal under Federal law.
Not so:
Note date of 2015.
However, no matter what State you live in (even Colorado), habitual use of Marihuana is illegal under Federal law.
Yet:
Another century.
Terry
* Basically meaning that's what they'll prosecute or not prosecute on.