Notary's Affidavit
Form popularity
FAQ
After witnessing the document being signed, the Notary then completes the appropriate certificate wording for the signature witnessing. An acknowledgment, on the other hand, does not require the Notary to witness the signature in most states.
When you need an affidavit you will need to have the document notarized in order for it to be legally binding. This can be done with a traditional in-person or mobile notary, or an affiant can provide their statement using Remote Online Notarization (RON).
Under the Official Code of Georgia (OCGA) 9-14-48, affidavits are documents that contain statements that are sworn to be true.
What is an acknowledgment? The purpose of an acknowledgment is for a signer, whose identity has been verified, to declare to a Notary or notarial officer that he or she has willingly signed a document.
If the document has already been signed, the signer must acknowledge to you that the signature is theirs. If there is no signature, watch the signer sign the document.
A Georgia notary acknowledgment form acts as an affidavit to establish the authenticity of signatures on a document. The acknowledgment form must be attached to the original document; alternatively, the acknowledgment language can be placed within the document itself.
All notary services in Georgia must sign and notarize their documents in-person, in presence of a commissioned walk-in or mobile notary. With a traditional notary public, such as walk-in and remote notaries, you will have to schedule a time and place to meet with your notary in person before notarization.