Download California All Purpose Acknowledgment Notary Form 2015

California All Purpose Acknowledgment Form

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California Secretary of State Acknowledgment; the California all-purpose certificate of acknowledgment will have a mandatory change from January 1, 2015.  Bill number SB 1050, chapter 197 that was filed with the Secretary of State on august 15, 2014 was approved by the governor the same day. This bill will require the display of a notice in an enclosed box stating that a jurat, proof of execution or acknowledgment verifies only the identity of the document' signer and not the integrity, validity, accuracy of the document.

The exact words, and according to the Section 1189 of the Civil Code are: 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.

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Regarding the acknowledgment: The form most frequently completed by the notary public is the certificate of acknowledgment.  The certificate of acknowledgment must be in the form set forth in Civil Code section 1189.

In the certificate of acknowledgment, the notary public certifies:
• That the signer personally appeared before the notary public on the date indicated in the
County indicated;
• To the identity of the signer; and
• That the signer acknowledged executing the document.
Key wording of an acknowledgment is “personally appeared.” An acknowledgment cannot be affixed to a document mailed or otherwise delivered to a notary public whereby the signer did not personally appear before the notary public, even if the signer is known by the notary public. Also, a notary public seal and signature cannot be affixed to a document without the correct notarial wording.

Sample:

              CALIFORNIA ALL PURPOSE ACKNOWLEDGMENT

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.

STATE OF CALIFORNIA                       }

COUNTY OF ______________________}

On before me , ______________________________________________Notary Public,

(here insert name and title of the officer)

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.

I certify under PENALTY OF PERJURY under the laws of the State of California that the foregoing paragraph is true and correct.

WITNESS my hand and official seal.

Signature: __________________________________(Seal)

Summary, Excerpt: On August 15, 2014 it was approved by the governor of California and filed at the Secretary of State and amendment to Section 8202 of government code related to Notaries Public. It states that the acknowledgment, proof of execution, or jurat verifies only the identity of the individual who signed the document to which the acknowledgment, proof of execution, or jurat and not the truthfulness, accuracy, or validity of the document. You can Download the California All Purpose Acknowledgment Notary Form 2015 here.

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Change in the California Notary Acknowledgment 2015

The governor approved on August 2014 Senate Bill No. 1050.  Section 1189 of the Civil Code is amended to read (1) Any certificate of acknowledgment taken within this state shall include a notice at the top of the certificate of acknowledgment in an enclosed box stating: “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.” This notice shall be legible. (2) The physical format of the boxed notice at the top of the certificate of acknowledgment required pursuant to paragraph (3) is an example, for purposes of illustration and not limitation, of the physical format of a boxed notice fulfilling the requirements of paragraph (1).

So the box can have different dimensions.  For example:

ALL PURPOSE ACKNOWLEDGMENT

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.

Add caption

STATE OF CALIFORNIA                         }

COUNTY OF ______________________}

On                               before me ,    ______________________________________________Notary Public,

                                                                                                (here insert name and title of the offi

cer)

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.

I certify under PENALTY OF PERJURY under the laws of the State of California that the foregoing paragraph is true and correct.

WITNESS my hand and official seal.

Signature: __________________________________(Seal)

_________________________ OPTIONAL _________________________

Description of Attached Document

Title or Type of Document: _______________________________

Number of Pages: ________

Document Date: ____________________

Other: __________________________________________________                                                             2015

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