Section 8202 Of Chapter 3. Notaries Public From California Government Code >> Division 1. >> Title 2. >> Chapter 3.
8202
. (a) When executing a jurat, a notary shall administer an oath
or affirmation to the affiant and shall determine, from satisfactory
evidence as described in Section 1185 of the Civil Code, that the
affiant is the person executing the document. The affiant shall sign
the document in the presence of the notary.
(b) To any affidavit subscribed and sworn to before a notary,
there shall be attached a jurat that includes a notice at the top, in
an enclosed box, stating: "A notary public or other officer
completing this certificate verifies only the identity of the
individual who signed the document to which this certificate is
attached, and not the truthfulness, accuracy, or validity of that
document." This notice shall be legible.
(c) The physical format of the boxed notice at the top of the
jurat required pursuant to subdivision (d) is an example, for
purposes of illustration and not limitation, of the physical format
of a boxed notice fulfilling the requirements of subdivision (b).
(d) A jurat executed pursuant to this section shall be in the
following form: