Required Notarial Wording

Document that are notarized must conform to the following:

It must have a notarial wording similar to  one of the statements below, or something that is very similar,

The document must have:

1. Venue
2. Notarial Wording (i.e., the acknowledgement or Jurat)
3. The date that the notarization took place
4. Affiant's name
5. Notary's Signature
6. Notary Stamp

All of the above must be in English.

(Sometime you will see the word "SEAL" on your document, it is actually referring to the notary's stamp . This is a term used in the old days when the SEAL was make of wax. The notary embosser is the raised seal, in New York State it has NO value other than for decoration. However, in some countries the rasised seal maybe a very important part of the document

If any of the above items are not on your document YOU must tell the notary  you need them added. The above information is in addition to what you may find on a notary's stamp . So, do not confuse the above with the information that is on a notary public stamp.

Because the law does not allow a notary public to give legal advice, the notary is not allow to tell you which one to use. The notary public can explain the difference between the ACKNOWLEDGEMENT & the JURAT but it's up to YOU to choose which one to need. The notarial wording should be added on the signature page, However if you don't have enough room on the signature page a separate page called a   loose certificate can be attached to the original document. Also note the SS found in the venue area means scilicet (to wit, namely, that is to say) it does not mean you have to place your Social Security number there, it is only there to represent the formality of legal documents and can be omitted.

Since the notary's signature is compared to the signature on their notary commission card when they renew their commission. Please make sure the notary does not scribble their signature unless that is how they wrote it on their notary commission card when they renew their commission.

This a sample of an ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

#1 State of ____________
County of ___________
#2 The foregoing document was acknowledge before me this #3 ___ day of _______ 201__ by #4 ____________________________ who personally appeared who proved to me on the basis of satisfactory evidence to be the person(s) whose name(s) is/are subscribed to the within instrument and acknowledged to me that he/she/they executed the same in his/her/their authorized capacity(ies), and that by his/her/their signature(s) on the instrument the person(s), or the entity upon behalf of which the person(s) acted, executed the instrument

 

#5__________________
Notary Signature


#6 Notary Stamp (frequently call the seal)

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This a sample of a JURAT

#1 State of ___________
County of ___________
#2 Subscribed and Sworn to before me this #3 ___ day of _______ 201__ #4 by;___________________

 

_____________________
#5 Notary Signature

 

 

#6 Notary Stamp (seal)