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No. Promissory notes do not need to be notarized. The borrower only needs to sign the document to make it legally enforceable. A witness may be helpful if one party contests the note, but a notary is not necessary.

An "assignment" is the document that is the legal record of this transfer from one mortgagee to another. In a typical transaction, when the mortgagee sells the debt to another bank, an assignment is recorded, and the promissory note is endorsed (signed over) to the new bank.

Unless specifically prohibited in the language of the note, a promissory note is assignable by the lender. That is, the lender can sell or assign the note to a third party who the borrower must then repay.

A typical assignment amounts to the transfer of the rights of the lender (assignor) under the loan documentation to another lender (assignee), whereby the assignee takes on the assignor's rights, such as the right to receive payment of principal and interest on the loan.

At its most basic, a promissory note should include the following things: Date. Name of the lender and borrower. Loan amount. Whether the loan is secured or unsecured. If it's secured with collateral: What is the collateral? ... Payment amount and frequency. Payment due date. Whether the loan has a cosigner, and if so, who.

Because promissory notes are negotiable instruments, the basic promissory note is a negotiable promissory note. Therefore, if you, as payer, give a promissory note to someone who has given you a loan, that person can then turn around and transfer or assign the note to a third party.