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

Who it is for

Notaries commissioned through the Minnesota Secretary of State, notary commissions, mobile notaries and signing agents working in Minnesota who want Minnesota'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 Minnesota notary, or you only need to read the wording: it's public law and free on our Minnesota 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: Minnesota Statutes chapter 358 (2026), Office of the Revisor of Statutes. No association templates or vendor forms.
• Every core act has an official Minnesota form, each cited. Checked November 2026.
• The wording is public law and free on our Minnesota page; the pack is the fill-in files, the chart and the checklist.

What is inside

• Which certificate do I use? (Minnesota). One page: each Minnesota notarial act, when it's used and where its wording comes from: acknowledgment (individual) (Minn. Stat. 358.66(a)(1)); acknowledgment (representative capacity) (Minn. Stat. 358.66(a)(2)); jurat (verification on oath or affirmation) (Minn. Stat. 358.66(a)(3)); signature witnessing (Minn. Stat. 358.66(a)(4)); attestation of a copy of a document (Minn. Stat. 358.66(a)(5)).
• Minnesota certificate wording reference. Every form word for word with its source and check date. The acknowledgment reads "This instrument 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 Minnesota certificate must contain: every notarial act must be evidenced by a certificate executed at the same time as the act (contemporaneously); the certificate is signed and dated by the notarial officer; a notary public's signature must match the one on file with the commissioning office; it identifies the jurisdiction where the act is performed (the State and County lines), contains your title of office, and gives your commission expiration date.
• 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 attestation of a copy of a document, with blanks for the venue, date, names and your signature, seal and commission details. Remote acts: Minnesota has alternate statutory forms for a remote online notarization in Minn. Stat. 358.66(b), which say the record was acknowledged, sworn to or attested by use of communication technology and, for a signer outside the United States, record where the signer declared they were located. Minn. Stat. 358.645 requires the certificate to include a notation that the notarization is a remote online notarization. We could not transcribe the full 358.66(b) table from the official page, so the pack points you to the statute for that form rather than retyping it.
• Common-mistakes checklist. Five mistakes from Minnesota Statutes chapter 358 (2026), Office of the Revisor of Statutes, among them: filling in the certificate later. Chapter 358 requires it to be executed at the time of the act; leaving out the commission expiration date or your title; both are required parts of the certificate; forgetting the official stamp on a paper record. Plus a before-you-sign check.