When completing a Deed of Trust or Mortgage in a set of loan documents that is from another state that requires witnesses, but your state does not require witnesses, you should complete this using the laws of the state where the document is to be recorded. A. Always make sure witnesses sign based on the requirements of the recording state C B. Ignore the witness requirement if your state does not require witnesses C C. In this case the notary acts as the only witness D. Both B and C