Signing Options
Signature certifications are used to confirm the identity of the signer and validate the authenticity of the signature, helping to prevent fraud and ensure that documents are legally binding. These services are available to Wildfire members.
Notary Checklist
What You Will Need:
- Completed documents – documents with corrections or that are incomplete cannot be notarized. Please do not sign your completed form(s) as this must be done in the presence of notary.
- All owners of the document being notarized need to be present and have current Government Issued Identification (ex: Driver’s License).
- Your Wildfire account number.
Medallion Signature Guarantee Checklist
What You Will Need:
- Completed documents – documents with corrections or that are incomplete cannot be guaranteed. Please do not sign your completed form(s) as this must be done in the presence of the guarantor completing the imprint.
- Your Wildfire account number.
- All owners of the document being guaranteed need to be present and have current Government Issued Identification (ex: Driver’s License).
- Your most recent account statement showing ownership, account number, and value of the security.
- Your stock certificate, if applicable, due to the guarantor needing to verify the current value of the stock.
- Your letter of intent and written instructions from the brokerage firm, if applicable. The instructions need to state what must be contained in the letter, who should sign the letter, and that the signatures must be guaranteed.
- If you are not the owner of the security, but have the authority to sign for the owner, we must have the appropriate proof that you can sign for the owner. This may include Power of Attorney documents, Guardianship or Conservator papers, Trust Agreements, Letter of Authority for a deceased member, and Corporate Resolutions.
- The program is not for use on non-security events that include, but are not limited to, account maintenance changes, beneficiary changes, or authorization of wire transfers.