A Pennsylvania notary acknowledgment form is used to authenticate the signing of a document. It indicates that all parties' signatures are, in fact, their own.The person acknowledging the record must personally appear before the notary. An acknowledgment is a method of authenticating a signature on a document. An acknowledgment is one of the most common types of notarial acts, but it often confuses Notaries. Here are 5 steps to performing an acknowledgment. This record was acknowledged before me on by. Date. Name(s) of Individual(s). Download the notary acknowledgment form in PDF or Word, and fill in the county, date, and name of the person being acknowledged. How to Notarize a Document (4 steps).