Notary Jurat – Sacramento County, CA

The Notary Jurat is the California notary certificate, published by the Sacramento County Clerk/Recorder, that must be attached to any affidavit subscribed and sworn to before a notary in the State of California, recording the county, the date and the person who swore.

The form reproduces the wording required since January 1, 2015. SB 1050 (Chapter 197, Statutes of 2014) amended Government Code section 8202 so that every such affidavit carries a jurat in this form. The certificate opens with a boxed statement: the notary public or other officer completing it verifies only the identity of the individual who signed the attached document, and not the truthfulness, accuracy, or validity of that document.

Below the statement, the certificate has a "State of California" and "County of" venue block, a line reading "Subscribed and sworn to (or affirmed) before me on the day of 20," a line for the name of the person or persons who appeared, the wording "proved to me on the basis of satisfactory evidence to be the person(s) who appeared before me," and spaces for the notary's (Seal) and (Signature).

The Clerk/Recorder's Rules for Recorded Documents page lists this rule as "Notary Jurat, GOV 8202," next to a separate rule for the certificate of acknowledgment, which cites CIV 1189 and has its own required format. The jurat is not that certificate.

The main users are notaries public and other officers who take an oath or affirmation on an affidavit in California. Government Code section 8202, as amended, says any affidavit subscribed and sworn to before a notary in the State of California shall have a jurat in this form attached, and the form speaks of "a notary public or other officer completing this certificate."

The person who swears or affirms is the individual named on the "by" line. The certificate allows for more than one person ("person(s)") who appeared before the notary. It certifies only that person's identity, not that the attached document is true, accurate or valid.

Who does not use it:

• A document that needs a certificate of acknowledgment. The Clerk/Recorder lists that as a separate rule under CIV 1189 with its own required format.
• A document that is not an affidavit subscribed and sworn to before a notary in California. The sources tie this wording to that situation only.

The form says nothing about who may complete it on behalf of someone else.

Complete the Notary Jurat when an affidavit is subscribed and sworn to (or affirmed) before a notary in the State of California, because the jurat must be attached to that affidavit. The wording is the one required since January 1, 2015, when the amendment to Government Code section 8202 under SB 1050 took effect.

The form has no due date of its own. Its date line records the day on which the person swore or affirmed before the notary, and the certificate then travels with the affidavit it is attached to. Any later deadline belongs to the affidavit or to the office that receives it.

The Notary Jurat is not submitted on its own: it is attached to the affidavit it certifies and goes wherever that affidavit goes. The form prints no address, portal or appointment rule.

• With the affidavit: keep the completed jurat attached to the affidavit when you deliver it to the person or office that requires it.
• For recording: if the affidavit is presented to the Sacramento County Clerk/Recorder for recording, see its Rules for Recorded Documents. GOV 27201(b)(1) requires original signature(s) on instruments presented for recording, and a certified copy is also acceptable.
• For information and forms: the Sacramento County Public Law Library, 609 - 9th Street, First Floor, Sacramento, CA 95814, (916) 874-6012.

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