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New Notary Law

By Nathan Ganeshan

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January 13, 2008 11:58 AM

Effective Jan 1, 2008, Secretary of State has changed the laws for Notary by eliminating " Personaly Known", which means, earlier if the Notary knows a signer personaly, the Notary need not request for the signer's ID. The new law requires Notary must request for the acceptable form of ID for every signer even if the Notary know the signer personally.

Accordinlgy the Notarial wordings on the Acknowledgement and Jurat certificates have been changed. You can access this information at the Secretary of State business portal. http://www.sos.ca.gov/business/notary/notary_jurat.htm

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Inna Ivchenko

Equity Union - Calabasas, CA

REALTOR® | Residential & Commercial

Effective January 1, 2015, every certificate of acknowledgment, jurat, and proof of execution by a subscribing witness must include the following disclaimer. The disclaimer must be legible in an enclosed box at the top of the certificate above the venue statement.

A notary public or other officer completing this

certificate verifies only the identity of the

individual who signed the document to which this

certificate is attached, and not the truthfulness,

accuracy, or validity of that document.

All certificates of acknowledgment, jurats, and proofs of execution completed by a notary public must be worded exactly the same as required by California Civil Code section 1189 (certificate of acknowledgment), California Government Code section 8202 (jurat), and California Civil Code section 1195 (proof of execution by a subscribing witness certificate).

It is not acceptable to affix a notary public seal and signature to a document without the correct notarial wording.

Jun 18, 2015 02:11 AM