{"id":452,"date":"2014-06-26T22:16:40","date_gmt":"2014-06-27T04:16:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/abclegaldocs.com\/blog-Colorado-Notary\/?p=452"},"modified":"2019-07-21T14:18:20","modified_gmt":"2019-07-21T20:18:20","slug":"notarizing-low-iq-person","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abclegaldocs.com\/blog-Colorado-Notary\/notarizing-low-iq-person\/","title":{"rendered":"Notarizing for a Low IQ Person"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-transparent ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/abclegaldocs.com\/blog-Colorado-Notary\/notarizing-low-iq-person\/#Notarizing_for_a_Low_IQ_Person\" >Notarizing for a Low IQ Person<\/a><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-2' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/abclegaldocs.com\/blog-Colorado-Notary\/notarizing-low-iq-person\/#Document_Purpose_and_Consequences\" >Document Purpose and Consequences<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/abclegaldocs.com\/blog-Colorado-Notary\/notarizing-low-iq-person\/#Reasonable_Care\" >Reasonable Care<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Notarizing_for_a_Low_IQ_Person\"><\/span>Notarizing for a Low IQ Person<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/abclegaldocs.com\/blog-Colorado-Notary\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/Colorado_Notary_Law_120x80.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\"  class=\"alignleft wp-image-204 size-full\" src=\"data:image\/gif,GIF89a%01%00%01%00%80%00%00%00%00%00%FF%FF%FF%21%F9%04%01%00%00%00%00%2C%00%00%00%00%01%00%01%00%00%02%01D%00%3B\" data-layzr=\"https:\/\/abclegaldocs.com\/blog-Colorado-Notary\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/Colorado_Notary_Law_120x80.jpg\" alt=\"Colorado Notary Law\" width=\"120\" height=\"80\" \/><\/a>Occasionally, a <strong>Colorado notary<\/strong> may encounter an adult with a <strong>low IQ<\/strong>\u00a0(intelligence quotient), that needs a document notarized.\u00a0 Psychologists and psychiatrists are likely to use a low <strong>IQ<\/strong> of 70 or lower to diagnose a person with <strong>mental retardation<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<div id=\"attachment_7205\" style=\"width: 210px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7205\"  class=\"size-full wp-image-7205\" src=\"data:image\/gif,GIF89a%01%00%01%00%80%00%00%00%00%00%FF%FF%FF%21%F9%04%01%00%00%00%00%2C%00%00%00%00%01%00%01%00%00%02%01D%00%3B\" data-layzr=\"https:\/\/abclegaldocs.com\/blog-Colorado-Notary\/wp-content\/uploads\/IQ-distribution-curve.jpg\" alt=\"IQ distribution curve\" width=\"200\" height=\"120\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-7205\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">IQ distribution curve, standard deviation 15. Wikipedia<\/p><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">By convention, <strong>mental retardation<\/strong> is defined as having a low IQ more than two <strong>standard deviations<\/strong> below the <strong>average<\/strong> or <strong>mean IQ<\/strong>.\u00a0 With an <strong>average IQ<\/strong> of 100 and a standard deviation of 15, two standard deviations is 30 points.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">About two-thirds of the population scores are between IQ 85 and IQ 115, one standard deviation.\u00a0About 2.5% of the population score a low IQ of 70 or lower, and about 2.5% score a high IQ of 130 or higher.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><!--more--><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Document_Purpose_and_Consequences\"><\/span>Document Purpose and Consequences<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Notaries must be careful when notarizing a document for a person that may not understand the <strong>purpose<\/strong> and <strong>consequences<\/strong> of signing the document.\u00a0 This may occur with <strong>senior citizens<\/strong> that may have a <strong>mental impairment<\/strong> due to a <strong>stroke<\/strong>, <strong>Alzheimer&#8217;s<\/strong>, <strong>dementia<\/strong>, <strong>tumor<\/strong> or <strong>brain injury<\/strong>.\u00a0 Also, if a <strong>minor child<\/strong> needs a document notarized, the child must be aware of the purpose and consequences of the document.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">With any situation, where understanding and judgment may be <strong>impaired<\/strong>, including a person <strong>under the influence<\/strong> of <strong>drugs<\/strong> or <strong>alcohol<\/strong>, the notary should attempt to carry on a <strong>normal conversation<\/strong> with the signer.\u00a0 If the signer is able to provide <strong>coherent<\/strong>, <strong>relevant<\/strong> answers to notary questions, that is <strong>evidence<\/strong> that they are <strong>aware<\/strong>.\u00a0 The notary may also ask <strong>questions<\/strong> relating to the document, such as asking the signer to <strong>explain<\/strong> the purpose of the document.<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Reasonable_Care\"><\/span>Reasonable Care<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">If the notary uses <strong>reasonable care<\/strong> to determine that the signer <strong>understands<\/strong> the purpose and consequences of signing the document, the notary may proceed.\u00a0 If the notary is aware that the person has been diagnosed as <strong>mentally incompetent<\/strong> by a <strong>medical professional<\/strong>, or ruled as <strong>incompetent<\/strong> by a <strong>court<\/strong>, then the notary should not proceed.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">It is useful to have one or more <strong>witnesses<\/strong>, that also agree that the signer was <strong>aware<\/strong> of the purpose and consequences of signing the document.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Image Credit<\/strong><br \/>\nNormalized distribution of IQ with a mean of 100 and standard deviation 15.\u00a0 Wikipedia, by DMCQ CC-BY-SA-3.0<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Visit our website for <a href=\"https:\/\/abclegaldocs.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Colorado Springs Mobile Notary<\/strong><\/a> services or <a href=\"https:\/\/abclegaldocs.com\/Colorado_Notary_Training.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Colorado Notary Training<\/strong><\/a> classes.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u00a9 Copyright 2014 ABC Legal Docs, LLC All rights reserved. Do not copy. Citations welcome. Terms of Use apply.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Notarizing for a Low IQ Person Occasionally, a Colorado notary may encounter an adult with a low IQ\u00a0(intelligence quotient), that needs a document notarized.\u00a0 Psychologists and psychiatrists are likely to use a low IQ of 70 or lower to diagnose a person with mental retardation. By convention, mental retardation is defined as having a low IQ more than two standard deviations below the average or mean IQ.\u00a0 With an average IQ of 100 and a standard deviation of 15, two standard deviations is 30 points. 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