Craigh

Hi please can anyone tell me where I find out who can certify documents?
Many thanks

mrsgreenstar76

We had a solicitor certify ours. You can get a notary to do them too but they were a lot more expensive when we enquired (they quoted over £600). At a local solicitors, ours cost about £20 for all of our documents to be certified.

3Pirrets2Oz

If you phone a local JP court they usually are happy to certify for nothing

Maybe take round a box of biscuts

mrsgreenstar76

I wish I'd thought of that! Would have saved me £20! That'd have bought an awful lot of biscuits!

Craigh

Great thanks for your help!

3Pirrets2Oz

Great wee saving we got

Also found a solicitor who told me to drop the docs in and he would do it for nothing - think i got him on a good day! Solicitor 2 doors down wanted 42 quid per document - we had about 20 items +

Also took a few bottles of wine to hand over with the biscuits - JP was unable to accept it - needless to say i toasted my savings that evening

mrsgreenstar76

A nice result!

Andy_P

Are you sure you didn't actually dream that?!

3Pirrets2Oz

haha! Yeah i know - i was gob smacked

After i explained how many documents i needed certified his words were

"I wouldn't normally charge to certify, but it's normally just a few documents"

...then he said...

"why break a habit of a life time - just bring the originals in one folder and the photocopies in another, leave then with my receptionist and we'll call you later in the day when they are done for collection"

Was the only solicitor i spoke to that wasn't all hoity toity if you know what i mean

Andy_P

Oh yes, I know what you mean. The solicitor I used gave me the impression that he was far too important to do such a menial task like stamp/sign some documents.

It really grated handing over the cash!