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		pmyteh on Nov 1, 2021 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Man left shocked as his house is 'stolen' I had to turn up in person to a solicitor's office with ID (and my face) for a recent house purchase (in England), so that's at least not universal.

lbriner on Nov 1, 2021 [–]

I have never done this for personal house sales in the UK, the only time we did it was when getting a commercial lease signed by the directors and each of them had to ID at the Solicitors offices.

Thinking about it, it does seem very open to abuse!

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