A complete notary acknowledgment includes the name(s) of the parties that the notary witnessed sign the document. View information about the notary public acknowledgment form here.Must be complete names for each signor. 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. In today's video I'm going to show you how to complete a California Acknowledgement and a California Giraffe. Many Notaries have questions about the new California certificate wording changes effective January 1, 2015. A jurat is a form of notarization also called verification upon oath or affirmation. The proposed guardian must complete and sign this form. I am here doing a um mock notarization for an acknowledgement and durat i want to show you how to fill out both of them.