I live in California. I have a document that begins, “Before Me, the undersigned notary (blank), on this day of (blank), personally appeared
(blank) known to me to be a credible person and of lawful age, who being by me first duly sworn, on their oath, deposes and says:” Then the document continues with 6 attestations. Signatures following and the jurat are on the next page. All I’m supposed to do is verify the identity of the signers and give the oath, I think that his means that I am also validating the attestations. Should I be completing the top of this document?
Show us the document.
If I use that form I fill in my name and date. and the signers name.
In WA they have to comply with our requirements so I add Resides at with city state zip. Also exp date
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Agree with @johnsonps306 … put your name in first blank (undersigned notary) and fill in date. Don’t think CA would disagree with that
Very interesting question, I am a FL notary, but I have seen a few CA notarial certificates. Of course this is only an assumption without me seeing the actual document. Based on what you shared, the top section you would be the responsibility to complete “Before Me, the undersigned notary (your name), on this day of (date), personally appeared
(signer’s name) known to me to be a credible person and of lawful age, who being by me first duly sworn, on their oath, deposes and say” and the signer will answered the six attestations statements. Also, You would be responsible for the completion of the attached Jurat.
Personally, I would cross through “known,” replace it with ‘proved,’ and initial. This due to the change in the law a few years ago where CA notaries can no longer go on “personal knowledge,” but must ID everyone, even friends, family, coworkers, neighbors, etc.
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OK, six attestations and one poorly worded jurat. If you’re standing in California, for example, you cross out and attach a California compliant jurat. No questions and I would attach a separate jurat to each attestation.