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House Buying - who to use as witness for signing the contracts?
Theresonly1
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Hello,
I'm buying a property and I am at the signing contracts stage. I need a witness.
Who shall I use?
Most of my work colleagues and people in my company including my HR department are not willing to act as my witness. I think they mainly don't wanna take responsibility.
I don't have much friends either that I can trust.
I can't use family members or relatives.
I can't think of anybody else.
I'm struggling to find people to use as my witness.
Any recommendations?
I'm buying a property and I am at the signing contracts stage. I need a witness.
Who shall I use?
Most of my work colleagues and people in my company including my HR department are not willing to act as my witness. I think they mainly don't wanna take responsibility.
I don't have much friends either that I can trust.
I can't use family members or relatives.
I can't think of anybody else.
I'm struggling to find people to use as my witness.
Any recommendations?
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They are only witnessing your signature, not taking responsibility for what you are signing!I'm a Forum Ambassador on the housing, mortgages, student & coronavirus Boards, money saving boards. I volunteer to help get your forum questions answered and keep the forum running smoothly. Forum Ambassadors are not moderators and don't read every post. If you spot an illegal or inappropriate post then please report it to forumteam@moneysavingexpert.com (it's not part of my role to deal with this). Any views are mine and not the official line of MoneySavingExpert.com.0
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Neighbour? Dentist? Bank clerk?
Any friend will do - you don't need to trust them.I don't have much friends either that I can trust.
Are you doing the conveyancing yourself? If not, pop in to your solicitor's/conveyancer's office and they'll witness it for you.0 -
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Yes - anyone can witness it, it doesn't need to be someone you are close to or trust. Alternatively, pop in to your solicitor - a member of staff will be able to witness it for you.All posts are my personal opinion, not formal advice Always get proper, professional advice (particularly about anything legal!)0
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Yeah, true but it requires the witness to put down their address
I've been a witness before and when you haven't done that kind of thing before it can be a bit daunting so i know how those people are feeling0 -
Usually your Solicitor will witness. There should be no need for another party.0
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Theresonly1 wrote: »Yeah, true but it requires the witness to put down their address
I've been a witness before and when you haven't done that kind of thing before it can be a bit daunting so i know how those people are feeling
Why is it daunting? Do they think they're going to court or something? All they're doing is scribbling on a bit of paper which will live in the solicitors' file and eventually get shredded.0 -
and all they are legally doing is saying 'Yes I watched them sign this document.'Why is it daunting? Do they think they're going to court or something? All they're doing is scribbling on a bit of paper which will live in the solicitors' file and eventually get shredded.
They don't need to read the document. Or understand it. Or even know what kind of document it is
It's the signature they are witnessing.0 -
I once used the lady behind the counter at our corner shop. She was well pleased to help out.0
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A work colleague witnessed me signing. It does seem odd that nobody you work with is willing to be your witness.0
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