Post by @bloor@bloor.tw

2026-09-23 19:07 UTC

Every single time I’ve transacted a property they have said “sign, but don’t date *here* , *here* , *here*” etc, the idea being that they then add the dates later, to suit the transaction. What a weird thing! The date is SUPPOSED to be the date you actually signed it, by any other convention. Is there an explicit law that prevents what might otherwise be (almost) a kind of fraud?

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@interpipes@thx.gg 2026-09-23 19:43

@bloor@bloor.tw thing I don't get about this is.. surely the logical thing to do, rather than fake signing on a particular day, is to add a singular transaction date in the document somewhere that can be dated when things happen. Then you can sign and date whenever you sign, with the expectation that the transaction date is what is filled in later.

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@steve@mastodon.nexusuk.org 2026-09-23 20:00

@bloor@bloor.tw I guess your solicitor is kinda treated as your agent, so has your authorisation to do stuff on your behalf. But yes, very weird and I never thought about that before.

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@srtcd424@mas.to 2026-09-23 21:22

@bloor@bloor.tw tangential weirdness: making LPoAs. They tell you _not_ to staple the (multi-page) document, but you do sign it, send it to them, they scan it, send it back to you, and you're supposed to (I think) keep it unstapled. But you don't sign every page. And without stapling someone could easily substitute a page that said something different, with no evidence of tampering. Legally it feels like utter nonsense, rendering the signature totally meaningless. I don't understand the modern world.

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