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

Who it is for

Notaries commissioned through the New Hampshire Department of State, notary and justice of the peace commissions, mobile notaries and signing agents working in New Hampshire who want New Hampshire'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 New Hampshire notary, or you only need to read the wording: it's public law and free on our New Hampshire 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: RSA 456-B:8 Short Forms (New Hampshire General Court); Notary Public and Justice of the Peace Manual, February 2022 (Office of the Attorney General and Department of State). No association templates or vendor forms.
• Every core act has an official New Hampshire form, each cited. Checked November 2026.
• The wording is public law and free on our New Hampshire page; the pack is the fill-in files, the chart and the checklist.

What is inside

• Which certificate do I use? (New Hampshire). One page: each New Hampshire notarial act, when it's used and where its wording comes from: acknowledgment (individual) (RSA 456-B:8, I); acknowledgment (representative capacity) (RSA 456-B:8, II); verification upon oath or affirmation (RSA 456-B:8, III); signature witnessing (RSA 456-B:8, IV); attestation of a copy of a document (RSA 456-B:8, V); paper copy of an electronic record (RSA 456-B:8, VI).
• New Hampshire certificate wording reference. Every form word for word with its source and check date. The acknowledgment reads "(County) of ____________________ This instrument was acknowledged before me on (date) by (name(s) of person(s))" and the jurat "(County) of ____________________ Signed and sworn to (or affirmed) before me on (date) by (name(s) of person(s) making statement)." Then what a New Hampshire certificate must contain: every notarial act needs a certificate that is completed, signed and dated, identifies the jurisdiction and contains your title; for a notary public it also carries your official seal or stamp and your commission expiration date; A rubber stamp shows your name, Notary Public, New Hampshire and your expiration date; an embossed seal shows your name, Notary Public and New Hampshire, with a separate stamp for the expiration date; copy certification: confirm the copy is a full, true and accurate reproduction and use the copy-certification wording; your signature alone is not enough. Never certify a copy of a vital record, an apostille, a naturalization or citizenship certificate, or a recorded instrument.
• Fill-in certificates (Word and PDF). Six certificates, one per page, for the acknowledgment (individual), acknowledgment (representative capacity), verification upon oath or affirmation, signature witnessing, attestation of a copy of a document and paper copy of an electronic record, with blanks for the venue, date, names and your signature, seal and commission details. Remote acts: RSA 456-B:8 has no separate remote sentence, and the remote section of the manual was beyond what we could read. No official remote sentence found in the sources we read; check with the New Hampshire Department of State before a remote act.
• Common-mistakes checklist. Six mistakes from Notary Public and Justice of the Peace Manual, February 2022 (Office of the Attorney General and Department of State), among them: signing a blank document or a blank jurat; completing a certificate when the signer didn't appear, even if you know them or they confirmed by phone; certifying a copy of a birth, death or marriage record (a vital record). Plus a before-you-sign check.