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

Who it is for

Notaries commissioned through the Texas Secretary of State, notary public unit, mobile notaries and signing agents working in Texas who want Texas'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 Texas notary, or you only need to read the wording: it's public law and free on our Texas 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: Sample Notarial Certificates (Texas Secretary of State, edinfo sample forms). No association templates or vendor forms.
• Where Texas has no official form (signature witnessing), the pack says so instead of inventing wording. Checked November 2026.
• The wording is public law and free on our Texas page; the pack is the fill-in files, the chart and the checklist.

What is inside

• Which certificate do I use? (Texas). One page: each Texas notarial act, when it's used and where its wording comes from: acknowledgment (individual) (Secretary of State sample: short form A); ordinary certificate of acknowledgment (Secretary of State sample); acknowledgment by a corporation (Secretary of State sample: short form D); acknowledgment by an attorney-in-fact (Secretary of State sample: short form B); acknowledgment by a public officer, trustee or other representative (Secretary of State sample: short form F); jurat (verification on oath or affirmation) (Secretary of State sample: jurat); certified copy of a non-recordable document (Secretary of State sample). Acts with no official form found are marked so: signature witnessing.
• Texas 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 or names of person or persons acknowledging)." and the jurat "Sworn to and subscribed before me on the ____ day of ________, (year), by (name of signer)." Then what a Texas certificate must contain: the seal (Personalized Seal) shows Notary Public, State of Texas around a five-pointed star, your name and your commission expiration date; notaries commissioned or recommissioned on or after January 1, 2016 also show their Secretary of State ID number; every sample has the State of Texas / County of venue, the act's wording, your signature and your seal.
• Fill-in certificates (Word and PDF). Seven certificates, one per page, for the acknowledgment (individual), ordinary certificate of acknowledgment, acknowledgment by a corporation, acknowledgment by an attorney-in-fact, acknowledgment by a public officer, trustee or other representative, jurat (verification on oath or affirmation) and certified copy of a non-recordable document, with blanks for the venue, date, names and your signature, seal and commission details. Remote acts: The Secretary of State's sample forms we read have no online notarization certificate sentence. No official remote sentence found in the sources we read; check with the Texas Secretary of State before an online act.
• Common-mistakes checklist. Four mistakes from Sample Notarial Certificates (Texas Secretary of State, edinfo sample forms), among them: certifying a copy of a public record or a publicly recordable document (such as a recorded deed or a vital record); the Secretary of State's form is only for non-recordable documents; using a seal without your Secretary of State ID number if you were commissioned on or after January 1, 2016; using a jurat (sworn to and subscribed) without giving an oath. Plus a before-you-sign check.