When I was taking the required 3-hours-long course, I remember the person in the video said something like PA notaries are not allowed to do jurats. However, when I googled it, it said we can. I’m a new notary, so I just want to double check with someone.
@jenny2002ni Hmmm . . .
Truly, you’re creating new threads for very elementary queries that should have been directly addressed in any basic training program.
It will be in your best interest to CLOSELY REVIEW your training materials & review the PA Notarial Handbook for answers to this question.
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Best Wishes
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In PA, a Jurat is called a “Verification on Oath/Affirmation”. It’s the same Notarial act with a different name.
Hope that helps clear up your confusion.
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I suggest you edit your profile on this site to show that you are a PA notary. Almost every notary question can have a different answer, depending on what state you are in.
Maybe it’s just how my mind works, but I wouldn’t trust my memory from a course to make day-to-day notary decisions. Maybe your course had some kind of notes or manual you can refer to. Unlike some states, PA doesn’t seem to have a notary manual, but they do have a Notary Resources web page. But each state uses it’s own terminology. In the PA notary law, the word “jurat” is not present. So you have to try to figure out what “jurat” means in the various web places you looked, and see what the PA wording means the same thing.
Unfortunately, around the internet, “jurat” can mean lots of things, such as the certificate that the notary fills out for any notarial act, or administering oath, or administering a verification on oath or affirmation. So I’d just forget about “jurat” and not use that word if you can help it.
I’m in the same situation; Vermont has also passed the Revised Uniform Law on Notarial Acts, so the law in VT is very similar to the law in PA.
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Notary Public Fees | Department of State | Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
Notary Public Fee Schedule
As proposed by § 161.2(a) of the Department’s proposed regulations
- Taking acknowledgment - $5.00
- Taking acknowledgment (each additional name) - $2.00
- Administering oath or affirmation (per individual taking oath or affirmation) - $5.00
- Taking verification on oath or affirmation (no matter how many signatures) - $5.00
(Jenny, “verification on oath or affirmation” is a same thing as a Jurat - Witnessing or attesting a signature (per signature) - $5.00
- Certifying or attesting a copy or deposition (per certified copy) - $5.00
- Noting a protest of a negotiable instrument (per page) - $3.00
I hope this helps you.
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