Colorado Notarial Certificate Wording Pack: Official Forms, Fill-In Certificates and a Mistakes Checklist

Who it is for

Notaries commissioned through the Colorado Secretary of State, notary program, mobile notaries and signing agents working in Colorado who want Colorado's own certificate wording on hand, ready to fill in when a document arrives without a certificate.

Not the right fit if

You aren't a Colorado notary, or you only need to read the wording: it's public law and free on our Colorado certificate wording page. This pack doesn't decide which certificate a document needs or replace advice from an attorney.

Why it is different

• Only official sources: Revised Uniform Law on Notarial Acts, C.R.S. 24-21-501 et seq. (Colorado Secretary of State's copy of the statute); Notary Public FAQs: common mistakes, Colorado Secretary of State. No association templates or vendor forms.
• Every core act has an official Colorado form, each cited. Checked November 2026.
• The wording is public law and free on our Colorado page; the pack is the fill-in files, the chart and the checklist.

What is inside

• Which certificate do I use? (Colorado). One page: each Colorado notarial act, when it's used and where its wording comes from: acknowledgment (individual) (C.R.S. 24-21-516(1)(a)); acknowledgment (representative capacity) (C.R.S. 24-21-516(1)(b)); jurat (verification on oath or affirmation) (C.R.S. 24-21-516(1)(c)); signature witnessing (C.R.S. 24-21-516(1)(d)); copy certification (C.R.S. 24-21-516(1)(e)).
• Colorado certificate wording reference. Every form word for word with its source and check date. The acknowledgment reads "This record was acknowledged before me on ______________________ (date) by ______________________ (name(s) of individual(s))" and the jurat "Signed and sworn to (or affirmed) before me on ______________________ (date) by ______________________ (name(s) of individual(s) making statement)" Then what a Colorado certificate must contain: the certificate is executed at the time of the act, signed and dated by you with the signature on file with the Secretary of State, identifies the county and state, and contains your title of office. Don't sign it until the act is performed; on a paper record your official stamp is affixed to the certificate, and the certificate must be part of or securely attached to the record; the stamp is a rectangular ink stamp with a border showing your legal name, NOTARY PUBLIC, STATE OF COLORADO, your notary ID number and your commission expiration date. Embossers are not allowed.
• Fill-in certificates (Word and PDF). Five certificates, one per page, for the acknowledgment (individual), acknowledgment (representative capacity), jurat (verification on oath or affirmation), signature witnessing and copy certification, with blanks for the venue, date, names and your signature, seal and commission details. Remote acts: Colorado sets no separate short-form sentence for a remote act in the statute text we read. The certificate must meet the usual requirements and indicate that the notarial act was performed using audio-video communication technology; if an interpreter was used, it must say so and give the interpreter's name and any credential or certification number.
• Common-mistakes checklist. Seven mistakes from Notary Public FAQs: common mistakes, Colorado Secretary of State and Revised Uniform Law on Notarial Acts, C.R.S. 24-21-501 et seq. (Colorado Secretary of State's copy of the statute), among them: notarizing with no certificate at all. The Secretary of State says a complete certificate is required every time: venue, date, type of act, your signature and stamp and the title Notary Public; writing your own name in the blank meant for the signer's name; certifying that a document was signed in your presence when the signer only signed your journal. Plus a before-you-sign check.