Duties

Question 1

What is the Certificate of Acknowledgement?

Answer 1

• That the signer personally appeared before the notary public on the date indicated in and the county indicated;
• To the identity of the signer; and
• That the signer acknowledged executing the document.

Question 2

What is a Jurat?

Answer 2

A jurat is the notarial certificate attached to a document when a person signs a document and swears under oath or affirms that the contents of the document are true and correct. The notarial certificate for a jurat is identified by the wording “Subscribed and sworn to (or affirmed).”

Question 3

What are the other duties a notary can perform?

Answer 3

The notary public only can certify copies of:
• Powers of attorney; and
• Copies of his or her sequential journal, or portions of the journal, in response to a written request of the California Secretary of State or a subpoena or court order.
1. Notarize the signature on a document affecting immigration or citizenship status.
2. Depositions
3. Notarizing documents affecting real property, mortgages, deeds