Who can I get to sign this?

[Yesimaloner]

I've got some legal paperwork to be signed that cannot be signed by a family member. My GP doesn't do this kind of thing so that's them ruled out and I have no friends. I'd rather colleagues not do it.

Is there anyone else I can get to do it? Can I approach a random stranger in the street for instance?

Can't you get a friend to do it?

I wouldn't sign something legal if a random person stopped me in the street!

Is it to witness a signature? You’ll still need the person’s full name and address as well as signature.

Are you in England?

Yes it's to witness a signature

What about a neighbour? Your hairdresser? I think a colleague would be better than a random stranger. There is no way i would sign anything for a random who stopped me in the street.

Hi @Yesimaloner could you go down to your local civic centre / council, local MP office or library?

Please read my OP.

No I wouldn't randomly sign something if someone approached me either. I'm just scratching my head out loud.

Our neighbours have witnessed legal documents for us, surely they are just witnessing that you have signed it in their presence, so you don't need a professional like a GP

Neighbour or line manager or other trusted work associate.

Neighbour? If they don’t have to be of any particular occupation I just ask next door to do mine. I need witness signatures all the time for tenancy agreements.

I am fortunately surrounded by professional
occupations at work so for passports and the like I have a choice of qualified people to ask too.

Do you not know anyone @Yesimaloner?

I've always asked a neighbour.

Could you ask a neighbour or even a manager?

I missed the bit where you said you have no friends. No one in a council would do it that I know of, nor in a library, but perhaps its worth giving your council call centre a bell to see if their customer services could point you in right direction.

Perhaps the post office would do it?

Bit I'd probably just knock on at my neighbours and ask them to do it.

I've asked non-professional neighbours to witness signatures too. I think they were quite flattered to be asked.

I WFH. Good idea asking a neighbour I'll knock on to them. Thank you.

To be fair the neighbour I have asked, is someone we talk to, rather than a neighbour I have never spoken to before

Seems sensible for witnessing a signature.

I’ve done one for a change of name. You don’t have to have an opinion on it - you just literally witness the signing of a form, and give your own signature, name and address.

I went to my solicitors and got the receptionist to witness my signature for no fee.

I witnessed my friends signing they wills it did no take long at all can you just ask a friend?

If you're worried about your colleagues and confidentiality, if it's just witnessing a signature, they don't have to see any of the document apart for the sign-y bit.

We always ask our neighbours, but they are good friends. I wouldn't ask if they were randoms.

Hope your neighbour says yes OP.