An affidavit is based upon either the personal knowledge of the affiant or his or her information and belief. Personal knowledge is the recognition of particular facts by either direct observation or experience. Information and belief is what the affiant feels he or she can state as true, although not based on firsthand knowledge.
An affidavit is a written statement of facts voluntarily made by an affiant under an oath or affirmation administered by a person authorized to do so by law.
One of the most common mistakes that notaries make is not printing or signing their name exactly as it appears on their notary commission.
When a document is handwritten, the notarial certificate attached to it can be handwritten, machine-printed, or machine-typed. Even when a typed or printed document is to be notarized, a Notary is allowed to handwrite the notarial certificate to be attached to it.
Notarization of Document Appear before a North Carolina Notary Public to sign the document; Obtain a certified copy which is notarized by the issuing entity (i.e., diploma, etc.); If necessary, you may use a "True Copy" affidavit for North Carolina documents and obtain a notary acknowledgment of your signature;
I, _____________________________, a Notary Public of County, , certify that ____________________________, personally appeared before me this day, and being duly sworn, stated that in his presence ________________________ (signed) (acknowledged the execution of) the foregoing instrument.
When a document is handwritten, the notarial certificate attached to it can be handwritten, machine-printed, or machine-typed. Even when a typed or printed document is to be notarized, a Notary is allowed to handwrite the notarial certificate to be attached to it.
I, the undersigned authority, in and for said County and State, hereby certify that whose name, as__________________ (title) of _________________________ (entity name), a ___________ corporation, is signed to the foregoing instrument, and who is known to me, acknowledges before me on this day that the statements ...
(b) A notarial act shall be attested by all of the following: (1) The signature of the notary, exactly as shown on the notary's commission. (2) The legible appearance of the notary's name exactly as shown on the notary's commission.
As long as a notary is properly registered with the North Carolina Secretary of State as a remote electronic notary, he or she may remotely notarize any electronic document, except: A self-proved will. A revocable or irrevocable trust. A death beneficiary form that requires an acknowledgment.
