Arizona reference material for jurats, acknowledgments, and other notarial certificates.
Arizona notarial certificates document the type of notarial act performed. Two common acts are acknowledgments and jurats (verifications on oath or affirmation). They have different requirements, so the document or its recipient should specify which act is needed.
For an acknowledgment, the signer personally appears before the notary and acknowledges that they signed the document willingly. The signature may already be on the document before the appointment. The notary verifies the signer's identity and completes the appropriate acknowledgment certificate.
A jurat, also called a verification on oath or affirmation, requires the signer to personally appear, sign in the notary's presence, and swear or affirm that the statements in the document are true. The notary administers the oath or affirmation and completes the appropriate certificate.
Review the verification-on-oath-or-affirmation short form in section 41-265 and the certificate requirements in section 41-264.
This 2018 sample comes from NotaryAcknowledgement.com, an independent third-party website. Check current Arizona requirements before relying on a sample.
This independent collection includes acknowledgment, copy certification, translator oath, and jurat samples in PDF or Word format. The site is not an Arizona government source; check current state requirements before using its templates.
The document should be complete. For a jurat, the signer signs in the notary's presence and takes an oath or affirmation. The notary completes the certificate as part of the notarial act. If a document does not specify the needed act, the signer should obtain direction from the document's recipient or a qualified adviser.
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