![]() Once this event takes place then the notary can complete the certificate.Įach state has slight degrees of differences within its law regarding the fulfillment of a complete acknowledgment. However, the signer does have to personally meet the notary face to face to acknowledge that they have signed the document. Unlike when completing the jurat certificate, the signer does not have to be in front of the notary when the document is signed. The primary focus of the acknowledgment is to allow the signer to “acknowledge” their signature. ![]() Parish of (Being the parish where the notarial act is taking place which also must be a parish in which the notary is authorized to act.)Īcknowledgments are the most common certificates used on documents which will ultimately be recorded in the public records. The completed venue for the State of Louisiana would be completed in this manner: The Louisiana notary’s blank and completed venues would look like this: Where other states’ notaries are commissioned statewide, Louisiana’s notaries are commissioned in a particular parish (or parishes). Louisiana is a state divided into “parishes” rather than counties. Where the State of Louisiana is concerned, of course, there appears yet another variation of the venue. The correct way to complete the venue in such cases is:Ĭommonwealth of Commonwealth of the notary’s commissionĬounty of County where the notary is performing the notary act In such commonwealths, the venue of the notary certificate may be seen presented as: Four states in the United States designate themselves as "commonwealths" these are: There is a common variation in the venue element of the notary certificate for four of the fifty states where desired to indicate that the state is a commonwealth. In most states, except as shown below for commonwealths or the State of Louisiana, the venue will be filled out as follows:Ĭounty of County the notarial act is taking place (not the county the notary lives in) When a document is presented to the notary for notarization, the notary is most often encountered with wording such as this on the notary certificate: The venue of a notary’s certificate is the same across the nation with slight variations as mentioned below. The venue is a required element of all notary certificates which declares to any reader or user of the document where the document was notarized. The venue is an element which should be included in all types of notary certificates in all states. Before we move on to a discussion of the differences between these types of certificates, as well as the proper procedure to complete them, let’s begin with an overview of the completion of the notary certificate’s “venue”. There is a distinct difference between an acknowledgment and a jurat and how each certificate is commonly used by legal document preparers. ![]() ![]() When a prospective client contacts the notary for service, the reason is usually because they need the notary to complete either an acknowledgment or a jurat attached to an important legal document. Notaries who wish to build a solid foundation in their notary expertise not only learn what to put into blanks by memorizing where certain key elements are plugged into a certificate, they actually learn the purpose and the reason why they do what they do when completing the most common and basic types of notary certificates. ![]()
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