>The financial industry has actually created its own
system - I forget
>the name, some like a Gold Bond Certification - that it
requires for
>certain "high-importance" transactions (e.g.,
a document asserting you
>own some stock for which you've lost the certificates).
That's a medallion signature guarantee provided by a bank or
similar
institution. Unlike a notary, the guarantee means
something, with
the institution accepting liability for forgery.
Not surprisingly, it's a rare bank bank who will do this for
anyone who
isn't already a customer. At my bank, the same person
happens to be a
notary and the guarantee officer and she knows me, so she
just asks which
stamp I want.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medallion_signature_guara
ntee
http://www.sec
.gov/answers/sigguar.htm
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