Can there be verbiage for a jurat and acknowledgment on the same page? Is this a normal thing? — J.W., Alabama
Yes. We’ve seen this done in a couple of ways. One variation is when the document will have entire free-standing notarial certificates of acknowledgment, verification (or jurat), or proof of execution below. Another variation is when both are combined into one notarial certificate. We call that a “hybrid” notarial certificate. An example of one such certificate could read, “Subscribed, sworn, and acknowledged before me on (date.)”
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