You may be aware that effective January 1, California made some subtle but significant modifications to its notarial wording. Many documents continue to use the previous wording, so pay close attention when you notarize any document.
If a jurat or acknowledgment provides you with the option of identifying document signers as "personally known to me", don't use that method. No matter how well you may know them, you must properly identify the signers and indicate as much.
And if an acknowledgment does not include a section beginning "I certify under penalty of perjury...", don't use it. The notarization is invalid without that wording.
You can download free copies of updated jurats and acknowledgments from my website at http://www.DriveNotary.com/forms.htm
Joel
http://www.drivenotary.com
http://www.sundancenotary.com
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I did hear about that change. Pretty interesting I think, I thought the wording was fine before but I can see how it could be troublesome.
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