Buying a house from someone who is in prison

[Jeff C.]

Hi All,

Let me start off by saying Biggerpockets is the best. The Grant Cardone podcast was great!

I have a vacant property that is owned by someone who is prison-he has a fresh 35 year sentence and he's 65. Initially, I sent a postcard to his son, who I thought was the owner because he bears the same name as his father, and he responded. After signing a purchase agreement with the son, finding and contracting a buyer, doing title search, and preparing closing docs, my attorney and I discovered the father, who is in prison, was on title and needed to sign the closing docs. He is totally on board with selling. The problem is:

Getting the closing docs notarized and back to my attorney. He has the closing docs but, from what I'm hearing, he has to make a request to go to the library in order to see the prison notary.

I contacted a mobile notary and he's willing to go but this is a high level security prison so its hard to get him in.

Any ideas about how I can get this done? Is there a way the son can handle this for his dad?

Hope my post clear and understandable

Thank you in advance