The certificate of acknowledgment (PDF) must be in the form set forth in California Civil Code section 1189. In today's video I'm going to show you how to complete a California Acknowledgement and a California Giraffe.We're going to show California notaries how to fill out a California acknowledgment and a California jewelry form. 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. Select the relationship that identifies you as the authorized party to request the Birth Certificate. You may be required to provide supporting documents. I am here doing a um mock notarization for an acknowledgement and durat i want to show you how to fill out both of them.