A notary public shall provide a completed notarial certificate for every notarial act the notary public performs. All applications for new notary commissions, renewal applications, online authorizations, amendments and resignations must be filed electronically here.The forms of acknowledgment set forth in this section may be used and are sufficient for their respective purposes under any section of the Revised Code. Acknowledgments and jurats are different notarizations with different purposes, each requires its own certificate wording. 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. When a notary takes an acknowledgment, the notary must ensure that the signer is not acknowledging signing the document under duress. Do not take the acknowledgment on any instrument wherein blanks are left to be filled in later. The legal instrument must be completely prepared before. Before the document is signed, confirm the signer's willingness and awareness to sign the document in question.