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Most people sit down to do their estate planning with one question they don't know how to answer: which of these documents actually need to be notarized? The answer in California is not simple — and getting it wrong has real consequences. Sign your living trust without notarization and banks may refuse to recognize it. Skip the notary on a Transfer on Death deed and your county recorder will reject it outright. Miss the witness and notarization requirements on your Advance He