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Do contracts need to be notarized?

Hi all,
I'm getting ready to send a license agreement and a certificate of authorship to a writer for signature. Does anyone know if these contracts need to be notarized or co-signed by a witness? Please don't speculate -- I'd like to hear what you've done for your contracts.

Sorry such a terse message - getting ready for a trip. Please let me know ASAP - I gotta send it out today. Thanks!
 
I'd just have it so that everyone signs EACH page (if there's multiple pages). Email them a copy of the contract too. That's additional evidence in case they challenge the wording of the contract in court some day.
 
Make sure you both have signed copies, and try to sign each page, or at least initial each page. Not speculating, this is how I have done it.
 
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