The Absentee Affidavit is to be completed if an applicant is unable to appear personally before the County Clerk to apply for a marriage license. General Affidavits are written statements of fact used to support your case or verify facts that are sworn to be true in front of a notary public.An unsworn declaration is a written statement, signed under penalty of perjury, and without the use of a notary. Please choose the appropriate form from the list below. If the decedent did not have a husband or wife, children or grandchildren, the names and addresses of the decedent's parents. For notaries commissioned or recommissioned on and after January 1, 2016, the seal must also contain the notary public's Secretary of State ID number. After completing this form and any attachments, count the number of pages. Enter that number in this box. If you do not file with the. Ethics Commission, skip this box. 2.