These are a few of the most important Laws regarding Notarization in California:
- No acknowledgment may be taken or jurat executed on the basis of personal knowledge alone.The notary public journal must contain a notation that the identity of the person making an acknowledgment, or taking an oath or affirmation, must be based on “satisfactory evidence” and not “personal knowledge.”
- A power of attorney document is added to the list of documents that requires a thumbprint in the journal.
- Certificate of Acknowledgment: Effective January 1, 2008, the California certificate of acknowledgment will
change. The signer’s identification must be based on “satisfactory evidence” and the certificate must be signed under penalty of perjury. Variations in the California form are not permitted, but the portion of the law regarding acknowledgments to be used with documents to be filed in other states has not changed. - Jurat: Effective January 1, 2008, the jurat form will change and any jurat taken within California shall be in the form shown below. Identification of the signer must be based on satisfactory evidence.
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