On the _______day of ______ in the year_____, before me, the undersigned notary public, personally appeared. Services include witnessing the signing of important documents, taking affidavits and depositions and giving oaths.Fill out, sign, and affix your official seal to the Notary certificate. The wording requirements for acknowledgment certificates vary from state to state. A New York notary acknowledgment is used to confirm the legitimacy of an individual's identity and signature on a document. The application includes an oath of office, which must be sworn and notarized. I'm going to take a minute here and we're going to cover how to properly do an all-purpose acknowledgement for the state of California. Here's a venue example we found in one state's online notary manual: FORM OF ACKNOWLEDGMENT FOR an INDIVIDUAL: State of ______.