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

Who it is for

Notaries commissioned through the Georgia Superior Court Clerks' Cooperative Authority (GSCCCA), notary division, mobile notaries and signing agents working in Georgia who want Georgia'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 Georgia notary, or you only need to read the wording: it's public law and free on our Georgia 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: Acknowledgment by an Individual (GSCCCA notary form); Jurat Certificate (GSCCCA notary form); Acknowledgment by Attorney-in-Fact or Other Capacity (GSCCCA notary form). No association templates or vendor forms.
• Every core act has an official Georgia form, each cited. Checked November 2026.
• The wording is public law and free on our Georgia page; the pack is the fill-in files, the chart and the checklist.

What is inside

• Which certificate do I use? (Georgia). One page: each Georgia notarial act, when it's used and where its wording comes from: acknowledgment (individual) (GSCCCA form: Acknowledgment by an Individual); acknowledgment (representative capacity) (GSCCCA form: Acknowledgment by an Attorney-in-Fact or Other Representative Capacity); jurat (verification on oath or affirmation) (GSCCCA form: Jurat Certificate); signature witnessing (GSCCCA form: Witness Signature Certificate); copy certification (GSCCCA form: Copy Certification by Notary Public).
• Georgia certificate wording reference. Every form word for word with its source and check date. The acknowledgment reads "Acknowledged in my presence on ______________________________ (Date) by _______________________________________________________ (Printed name of present, named signer), who ________ is personally known or _________ who produced ..." and the jurat "Signed and sworn to (or affirmed) in my presence on _______________ (Date) by _______________________________________________________ (Printed name of present, named signer), who ________ is personally known or _________ who produced ..." Then what a Georgia certificate must contain: every GSCCCA form records the State of Georgia and county venue, the date, the printed name of the present, named signer, and how you identified them: personally known, or government-issued photo identification under O.C.G.A. 45-17-8(e); each form closes with your signature, Notary Public, State of Georgia, your stamp or seal and your commission expiration date; copy certification is only for a copy you made yourself from an original that is neither a public record nor a publicly recordable document available from an official source.
• 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: The GSCCCA forms we read include no remote notarization statement. No official remote form found; check with the GSCCCA before any remote or electronic act.
• Common-mistakes checklist. Five mistakes from Acknowledgment by an Individual (GSCCCA notary form) and Acknowledgment by Attorney-in-Fact or Other Capacity (GSCCCA notary form), among them: leaving the top line blank: the GSCCCA forms tie each certificate to the document by page count, title or subject, and signing date; not ticking how you identified the signer (personally known or government-issued photo ID); on a representative acknowledgment, leaving out the capacity or authority the signer acted under. Plus a before-you-sign check.