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

Who it is for

Notaries commissioned through the Utah Lieutenant Governor's Office, notary commissions, mobile notaries and signing agents working in Utah who want Utah'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 Utah notary, or you only need to read the wording: it's public law and free on our Utah 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: Utah Code Title 46, Chapter 1, Notaries Public Reform Act (Utah Legislature; 46-1-6.5 and 46-1-16 as amended by Chapter 56, 2026 General Session). No association templates or vendor forms.
• Where Utah has no official form (representative acknowledgment), the pack says so instead of inventing wording. Checked November 2026.
• The wording is public law and free on our Utah page; the pack is the fill-in files, the chart and the checklist.

What is inside

• Which certificate do I use? (Utah). One page: each Utah notarial act, when it's used and where its wording comes from: acknowledgment (individual) (Utah Code 46-1-6.5(3)); jurat (verification on oath or affirmation) (Utah Code 46-1-6.5(2)(b)); signature witnessing (Utah Code 46-1-6.5(5)); copy certification (Utah Code 46-1-6.5(4)). Acts with no official form found are marked so: representative acknowledgment.
• Utah certificate wording reference. Every form word for word with its source and check date. The acknowledgment reads "§ On this (date) day of (month), in the year (year), before me (name of notary public), a notary public, personally appeared (name of document signer), proved on the basis of satisfactory evidence to be the person(s) whose name(s) ..." and the jurat "§ Subscribed and sworn to before me (notary public name), on this (date) day of (month), in the year (year), by (name of document signer)." Then what an Utah certificate must contain: the official seal shows your name exactly as on your commission, the words notary public, state of Utah and my commission expires on (date), your commission number, a facsimile of the great seal of the state, inside a rectangular border no larger than 1 by 2.5 inches; affix the seal near your official signature on the certificate without obscuring any information or signature; in-person seals are purple ink; remote seals are rendered in black.
• Fill-in certificates (Word and PDF). Four certificates, one per page, for the acknowledgment (individual), 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: Utah sets no fixed remote sentence. Under Utah Code 46-1-6.5(6), a remote notary must make sure the certificate used for a remote notarization includes a statement that the notary performed the notarization remotely. A remote notarization's seal is rendered in black.
• Common-mistakes checklist. Five mistakes from Utah Code Title 46, Chapter 1, Notaries Public Reform Act (Utah Legislature; 46-1-6.5 and 46-1-16 as amended by Chapter 56, 2026 General Session), among them: stamping in black ink for an in-person act (Utah requires purple), or in purple for a remote one; placing the seal over text or a signature; certifying a photocopy of a public record or recorded document. Plus a before-you-sign check.