An acknowledgment is one of the most common types of notarial acts, but it often confuses Notaries. Here are 5 steps to performing an acknowledgment.I'm going to take a minute here and we're going to cover how to properly do an all-purpose acknowledgement for the state of California. On the ____ day of ____ in the year ____ before me, the undersigned, personally appeared. , personally known to me or proved to me on the basis of satisfactory. Exempt business entities must sign this letter and return a notarized copy for record keeping purposes. Sign into milConnect. Select Transfer of Education Benefits (TEB) from the Benefits menu. The easy answer: Yes, you may notarize out-of-state documents. Sign into milConnect.