View information about the notary public acknowledgment form here. Fill out, sign, and affix your official seal to the Notary certificate.The wording requirements for acknowledgment certificates vary from state to state. The optional section at the bottom can deter alteration of the document or fraudulent reattachment of this form to an unintended document. A complete notary acknowledgment includes the name(s) of the parties that the notary witnessed sign the document. This article and video will show Notaries to fill out each part of a notarial certificate, and common mistakes to avoid. Look at a sample Notarial Certificate for your state. Generally, the notarial Certificate has to indicate the act (acknowledgement or oath). First line would require you to know the signer. In today's video I'm going to show you how to complete a California Acknowledgement and a California Giraffe.