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.