you're both actually wrong. justin - while most banks will notarize it with only the seller present (they have done mine on several occasions), this is not the legal way to do it, and the BMVs are cracking down on it. a friend of mine bought a car and we had a mobile notary come out and he notarized the sellers info, and my friend forgot to his info on it....went to bmv and my friend filled out his info and the lady said that he needed to have the seller present. i asked her about this specific circumstance where the sellers info had already been notarized, and i told her ive done it this way before with my bank, and she says while a lot of banks will do it, it is not the legal way to do it and they wont accept it at the bmv. she then wrote on the title making a note that the seller needed to be present. we spoke with her supervisor who confirmed the same info. so while the seller "can" get their info notarized without a buyer present at some places, this is not the legal way to do it. if you do it this way, when buying just make sure to fill out your info completely before going to the bmv, and vice versa for sellings, have them fill out the info before going to bmv jst2fst - that guy is a fucking idiot...thats what notarys are for, if you didnt need it notarized then anyone could steal your title, sign your name on it, and then sign their name and turn it in and get a title...it doesnt work like that, both parties have to be present for a title to be notarized