Section 39056 Of Chapter 3. General Provisions From California Water Code >> Division 14. >> Part 1. >> Chapter 3.

. A certificate of acknowledgment taken before a notary public or justice of the peace of any state, or an affidavit by any person in the presence of whom a petition was signed, is sufficient evidence of the genuineness of the signature and of the fact of place of residence of any petitioner under this division.