California Notary Acknowledgment Form

A California notary acknowledgment is a certification form signed by a notary public after they’ve confirmed a document signer’s identity and intent. It is used to deter fraud on sensitive legal and financial documents.

California Notary Acknowledgment Form

A California notary acknowledgment is a certification form signed by a notary public after they’ve confirmed a document signer’s identity and intent. It is used to deter fraud on sensitive legal and financial documents.

Last updated February 6th, 2025

A California notary acknowledgment is a certification form signed by a notary public after they’ve confirmed a document signer’s identity and intent. It is used to deter fraud on sensitive legal and financial documents.

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CALIFORNIA NOTARY 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 [COUNTY]

On [MM/DD/YYYY] before me, [NOTARY PUBLIC NAME], personally appeared [SIGNER NAME], 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)