A Utah notary acknowledgement is a certificate that a notary public completes to record that a signer personally appeared, proved who they are, and acknowledged signing a document. Utah Code § 46-1-6.5 sets out sample wording for this certificate, and a correctly completed certificate in substantially that form is enough to complete the notarization.[1.2] This page shows the Utah wording, explains each part of the template, and lets you build your own copy online.
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Unless a statutory exception applies, a Utah will must be in writing, signed by the testator, and signed by at least two individuals who witnessed the testator sign the will or acknowledge it.[4.1] A document is entitled to be recorded with the county recorder when it carries a certificate of acknowledgment, proof of execution, or jurat signed and certified by the officer.[5.1]
The Utah notary acknowledgement certificate is the sample wording that Utah Code § 46-1-6.5 sets out for notarial certificates. A correctly completed affidavit in substantially that form, included in or attached to a document, is sufficient for the completion of a notarization under the Notaries Public Reform Act.[1.2] The individual acknowledgment wording reads as follows.
State of Utah § County of ____________ On this (date) day of (month), in the year (year), before me (name of notary public), a notary public, personally appeared (name of document signer), proved on the basis of satisfactory evidence to be the person(s) whose name(s) (is/are) subscribed to in this document, and acknowledged (he/she/they) executed the same. ( Notary's Official Seal) ____________________________________ Notary Signature
Subsection (3) confirms that an affidavit for an acknowledgment in substantially that form is sufficient under Subsection (1).[1.1] In plain words, the certificate records four things:
The same section also gives wording for these certificates, each in its own form.[1.2]
| Certificate | What the certificate records |
|---|---|
| Acknowledgment | The signer personally appeared before the notary, proved who they are on the basis of satisfactory evidence, and acknowledged signing the document. |
| Jurat | The named person subscribed the document and swore to it before the notary on a stated date. |
| Copy certification | On a stated date, the notary certifies that the preceding or attached document is a true, exact, and unaltered photocopy of the described document, and that, to the best of the notary's knowledge, the photocopied document is neither a public record nor a publicly recorded document. |
| Signature witnessing | The named signer personally appeared and proved who they are through satisfactory evidence of identification, stated on the certificate, to be the person whose name is signed on the preceding or attached document in the notary's presence. |
Getting a document notarized in Utah usually takes one short visit to a notary public. The steps below walk you through that visit. The next section shows how the FormsPal form is filled in.
A Utah notary who holds a remote notary certification under Section 46-1-3.5 may perform a remote notarization while physically located in Utah.[3.1]
The FormsPal Utah notary acknowledgement template has two pages of certificate wording. You complete the blank lines for the county, the names and the date, and the notary completes the signature and seal. Work through the parts below in the order the form follows them.
The screenshots under each step show the FormsPal Utah notary acknowledgement template filled with sample entries in blue, so you can see where each answer goes. The names, addresses, dates and amounts are examples only.
The answers below come from Utah Code § 46-1-6.5, the section of Utah law that sets out the certificate wording a notary can use. They cover the acknowledgment certificate, the oath for a jurat, and the statement a remote notarization must include.
Yes. Utah Code § 46-1-6.5 gives sample wording for an individual acknowledgment certificate. It records that the signer personally appeared before the notary, proved who they are, and acknowledged signing the document.[1.2]
Before the notary witnesses the signature for a jurat, the notary must ensure that the signer takes an oath or makes an affirmation. The question is: “Do you swear or affirm under penalty of perjury that the statements in your document are true?”[1.2]
A remote notary must ensure that the notarial certificate used for a remote notarization includes a statement that the remote notary performed the notarization remotely.[1.2]
General information, not legal or tax advice.
