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.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 5-step guide will teach you how to notarize a document that requires an acknowledgement (the most common notarial act). To obtain a notary acknowledgement, the signatory must bring their signed document and the certificate to a notary public. Download the notary acknowledgment form in PDF or Word, and fill in the county, date, and name of the person being acknowledged. Acknowledgments and jurats are different notarizations with different purposes, each requires its own certificate wording. Pad of 100 certificates, including helpful instructions on how to properly fill out the certificate. By. (name(s) of individual(s)).