I was asked to perform an acknowledgment on documents being returned to Singapore. The recipients have asked me to print the consumer notice box required by California law on a separate page from the rest of the California acknowledgment wording. Can I do this? — N.S. California

No. Civil Code Section 1189(a)(1) requires a certificate of acknowledgment taken in California to appear exactly in the form provided in this section.

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