Notary service are used to verify, authenticate, certify or attest the execution of any instrument. Instrument in terms of the Notaries Act refer to document by which any right or liability is or purports to be, created, transferred, modified, limited, extended, suspended, extinguished or recorded. When a Notary, notarizes a document, he/she authenticates, certifies and attests the document. The Notary authenticates a document by assuring him/herself as to the identity of the person who has signed the document; certifies a document, meaning he/she certifies that the document is a true copy of the original and attests meaning, he/she bears witness.