The certificate of acknowledgment (PDF) must be in the form set forth in California Civil Code section 1189. WITNESS my hand and official seal. Signature. (Seal).A notary public or other officer completing this certificate verifies only the identity of the individual. 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. It is to be completed with blue or black ink only. Any acknowledgment completed in California must contain verbiage exactly as appears above in the notary section or a separate acknowledgment form must be. 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. How to fill out the California All-Purpose Acknowledgment Form?