[lauriejim]

Originally Posted by GrandMaster

Could you quote where exactly the AML regulations or lincensing requirements specify notarized copies? You can certainly open and operate online bank accounts without them.

Furthermore, do you really need things notarized? If you want some kind of paper trail and verifiability, why is a solicitor or a commissioner for oaths in the UK not acceptable, which would be much easier and cheaper for players? Do you also realize that in some states of the US notaries are explicitly prohibited from notarizing documents, and they only notarize signatures on documents.


A solicitor or a commissioner for oaths is not a notary (in general) and cannot notarize documents.


I know that in the US every bank teller and his dog is a notary public and it may be similar in Canada, but they are much thinner on the ground in the UK. The full listing of notaries public England and Wales can be found at http://www.facultyoffice.org.uk/Notaries2.html, there are about 750 of them for about 50 million people with about 1/3 of them in London. There must be many small towns and villages which have a solicitor, but no notary public. Notaries public also tend to be quite expensive, since most of their business consists of foreign trade and shipping, where it is important that the documents be acceptable in a foreign court but an extra £50 in costs is not going to make a difference.

....hey g/m im a notary and not a bank teller but i do have a dog i have to be bonded and it has to pass thru my counties goverment meetings to become a notary at large.all i could do is to verify the signature and what docs the person presented to prove him or herself to be that person, but since online gambling is so sticky in the good ole u.s.a, i would be hesitant to stamp anything.im sure there are plenty out there who would stamp and sign for a buck or two and not care, but i do...............laurie