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Lawyer responsible for false statements in document he verified?

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jonra


Arresto Menor

I have a verified document titled "Exclusive Authority to sell" in which statements are made that are untrue.
1. "(I) Am the absolute owner/administrator of the property describe . . .
2. "Particulars of the Property: Alienable disposable property."
3. "Owner: xxxxxxxxx"
4. Under the signature of writer: "Property Owner/ Administrator"

No where on the documents is a TCT or OCT. None of the four statements is true, in fact, the land is timberland and owned by the government. The signer of the document knows very well that the four statements are false.

In fact, this same lawyer, during the same month of July, 2014, verified another document titled "IRREVOCABLE AND EXCLUSIVE POWER OF ATTORNEY", granting to a different person the right to sell the same property, resulting in two exclusive authorities to sell property that legally cannot be sold. That second document contains only a Tax Declaration No. xxxxxx", and no TCT or OCT. Clearly this lawyer should have known that the land was not sellable, yet he verified the two exclusive authorities to sell the un sellable property.

Does the lawyer who verified these two documents bear any responsibility for verifying false statements, and verifying actions that cannot occur, namely, that the property can be sold?

2Lawyer responsible for false statements in document he verified? Empty See these Administrative Cases: Mon Jan 16, 2017 8:13 am

jonra


Arresto Menor

A.C. No. 4539 "Notarization of a private document converts the document into a public one making it admissible in court without further proof of its authenticity." & "By his effrontery of notarizing a fictitious or spurious document, he has made a mockery of the legal solemnity of the oath in an Acknowledgment." & A.C. No. 10231 "To be sure, a notary public should not notarize a document unless the person who signed the same is the very same person who executed and personally appeared before him to attest to the contents and the truth of what are stated therein. Without the appearance of the person who actually executed the document in question, the notary public would be unable to verify the genuineness of the signature of the acknowledging party and to ascertain that the document is the party’s free act or deed." & A.C. No. 7091 "A notary public should not notarize a document unless the persons who signed the same are the very same persons who executed and personally appeared before him to attest to the contents and the truth of what are stated therein." & "The responsibility to faithfully observe and respect the legal solemnity of the oath in an acknowledgment or jurat is more pronounced when the notary public is a lawyer. A graver responsibility is placed upon him by reason of his solemn oath under the Code of Professional Responsibility to obey the laws and to do no falsehood or consent to the doing of any." Each of these accused notories public was suspended.

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