My husband signed a document without reading it

I  think you should give her one more day and tell her you will be going to the police if she does not show it to you.

Hi, ----------- You are perfectly right !.  You are NOT overdoing it and you do NOT exaggerate.   You behave as any smart person would do.  We have to adopt several basic rules: 1).  Never sign a paper without reading it carefully. 2).  Always get a copy of what you signed.  3). Understand what are the results / implications / responsibilities of signing.  4).  Never be quick to sign documents that you don't have to.   Send her an official letter saying that your husband didn't read that paper and that you demand to get a copy.  Tell them that if you don't get an official copy within 48 hours you are going to the police.  --------- Best regards,

If I am understsnding you correctly, All your husband did was sign his name to a paper witnessing that the person that signed the paper, is who they stated they are.

In other words, he did not do anything, but just say (by signing his name) that the person (neighbor) signing the document, is who they say they are.

He only witnessed a signature. Therefore, he is not in any way responsible for what is in the document.

What did the notary tell him he was signing?

George~

I read it again and see that the notary said he was just witnessing that he knew the neighbor. That sounds right. That should be ok. Like I stated in my previous post, that is generally what a witness does. Just state he knows the neighbor and it is, the neighbor signing the document.

Example: my neighbor asked me to witness his signature. I signed my name to state, that he did sign it. The document was his "Last Will" I would have no reason to see his will. The notary is the real witness to the document anyway and would be responsible for the merit and content of the document, and it's validity

This is hard to state, I hope you understand.

G~

You have great advice from others.  Your husband should not have signed anything without reading it first.  And, you do have reason enough to be suspicious.  A notary never ever asks anyone to witness a signature.  They are the legal witness. If all he signed was a statement  attesting to the fact that he witnessed their signature it should not be a problem for them to let you read that statement.  They don't have to allow you to read the whole document only the part he signed.  Being from a foreign country, too, increases the chances that you have been scammed. I think it might be a good idea to contact police now before they have a chance to leave the country. 

If your husband at least read the line he signed on and it was marked "witness" then everything is okay.  If it didn't say "witness", then he could have signed anything (since he didn't read it), and you may very well be co-signors to something, or given away your house. 

   Having witnesses sign something is pretty common, and I have had my neighbors sign as witnesses before for myself.

   It does sound strange that the nieghbors story would keep changing, and it seems suspicious.  You need to talk to a lawyer, and you should have done that already.  Most contracts have a time limit to back out after signing, but that is three days in which to cancel.  And of course, you have to know who to cancel the contract with, which your husband doesn't.

    This was a pretty bad mistake on your husband's part if he didn't sign merely as a witness.  Even as a witness he should have read enough to see what he was witnessing, whether it was the person's identity, or the performance of some act (such as witnesses to a marriage ceremony), or the length of residence in their home.  There are lots of scam artists in my area, and many of them are trusted by their family friends and neighbors until they slip away with the money.

   So, ask your husband if he is sure that the spot he signed was marked "witness".   Then he is only liable for mis-witnessing at the most and not the contract/deed/credit application he may have signed.  Not that documents can't be altered after the fact, with the witness word painted out and replaced with some other designation if these are serious scam artists willing to do anything including forgery.

   In the future your husband should refrain from signing anything without giving it to you first.  If he does, you need to make the arrangements as are done for the feeble minded where their signature on any document can be rescinded on your order.  Not that I am saying your husband is feeble-minded, but this is pretty dangerous activity to sign things you don't read.  He might have signed off on the deed to your house for all he knows, or ordered an inground pool to be built for your neighbors with the bill coming to you.  You will never know unless you get a copy of the document, or an eviction notice, and you might need a lawyer to get that now if your neighbors don't want you to have it.

If your husband did sign as something other than a witness, you are going to need a lawyer to get out of it, since so much time has already elasped.  The sooner you get on that the better.