The certificate of acknowledgment (PDF) must be in the form set forth in California Civil Code section 1189. The notary is required to administer, sign and stamp the bottom portion of both oath documents.Once complete, send your original notary bond. It is the responsibility of the notary to administer the oath, sign and stamp the bottom portion of the oath. Forms ; ADOPT-230, Adoption Expenses ; ADOPT-310, Contact After Adoption Agreement ; ADOPT-315, Request to: Enforce, Change, End Contact After Adoption Agreement. In today's video I'm going to show you how to complete a California Acknowledgement and a California Giraffe. If you print Judicial Council forms from your computer, print them out single- sided. (Don't print double-sided unless you know how to tumble the pages). 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.