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Effective January 1, 2006, the California Certificate of Acknowledgment must be in the form set forth in Civil Code section 1189 , rather than "substantially" in the form set forth therein. The form set forth in Civil Code section 1189 did not change, but variations in the California form are no longer permitted. (The law regarding acknowledgments to be used with documents to be filed in other states has not changed (Civil Code § 1189(c)).

Effective January 1, 2005, Assembly Bill 2062 , Chapter 539, Statutes of 2004, adds section 8202 to the Government Code, identifying the requirements for executing a jurat, as shown below. The new Jurat Form is available in PDF file format and can be viewed, filled in and printed from your computer. In addition, the new law requires that the notary public identifies or personally knows the signer, and completes the entry in the journal.

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