The Virginia Notary Acknowledgement forms are documents used by notaries in the state of Virginia to authenticate the signatures located on legal instruments. The type of acknowledgement form coincides with the signatory; a corporate acknowledgement would be used when a corporate officer signs on behalf of the company, a partnership acknowledgement would be employed in the same way. It is required that each signer of the initial document present themselves before a notary public, identify themselves, and declare that they signed by their own volition and for the purpose stated in the document.
A Virginia Jurat is a simple form that indicates that a legal document was signed in a notary’s presence and that the signer has sworn under oath or affirmation that the statements in the document are true. As opposed to an …
