Notarize every personal loan?!!

[JoeH]

Bill in NC wrote:
checks will clear all the day long even w/o a signature.

[quote=JoeH]
Think of it another way, a check is not notarized. But absent it being contested on grounds of forgery or coercion, just a signature is all that is needed to establish that the recipient is owed money by the check writer.

True, but that is the fault of the check clearance operation. That they are accepting and clearing an unsigned check is not related to my statement. You can even challenge a check transfer if you can show it was unsigned.