Notarization
Jurat
Also called: Verification on Oath
A notarial certificate in which the signer swears, under oath, that a document’s contents are true.
What is a jurat?
A jurat is the notarial act — and the certificate wording — used when a signer must swear or affirm that the statements in a document are true. The signer signs in the notary’s presence and takes an oath; the notary’s jurat certifies “subscribed and sworn to before me.”
Jurats are used for affidavits and sworn statements, including the certificate of mailing that accompanies a recorded Memorandum of Contract. This is where the “jur-” in Jurably comes from — the root meaning law and sworn oath.
A jurat differs from an acknowledgment, which does not involve an oath.
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