[J.W.]

Regarding the Affidavit:



Generally speaking, to have document entered into evidence in the public record, a Notary seal effectuates such. However, the Notary simply qualifies that you are who you say you are. On certain commercial documents "commercial paper” however, a Notary seal in conjunction with an apostile from the Secretary of State and later say a "brass ring" from Collin Powell's office Secretary of State may make a commercial document more viable on the international market.



In my opinion a Notary of the State of California as an example, in the present day and age is doing business in a different jurisdiction. Basically a Federal jurisdiction under the buck act and the postal reorganization act.



A friend of mine, Eric Scott Rosensteil, wrote a book on sovereignty as well as state citizenship which I shall be republishing hopefully by the end of this year, which covers such matters extensively.



At the very end of the day if you are utilizing remedies under statutory system and using affidavits then it would be my firm opinion to use a Notary as opposed to the signature of three witnesses. The three witness deal and the like is traditionally for common law venues and such.