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While a contract does not have to be dated in order to be valid and enforceable, it is a good idea to do so. Dating a contract will help you to positively identify it later if you need to and will help you place it in its proper chronological context.

In the most formal writing, such as contracts, invitations, plaques and presentation documents, it is usual to write out the entire date in words. Days and months are capitalized, but dates and years are not. . . . on this sixteenth day of June, nineteen hundred and ninety-seven . . .

If the document has a date that is in the future, the document is not yet in effect and cannot be notarized. A properly dated document is a requirement of a lawful notarial act. You will also have to date the notarial certificate that is attached to the document.

The basic elements required for the agreement to be a legally enforceable contract are: mutual assent, expressed by a valid offer and acceptance; adequate consideration; capacity; and legality. In some states, elements of consideration can be satisfied by a valid substitute.

The inclusion of an effective date in a contract serves several essential purposes: It signifies the point at which the contractual provisions become binding and enforceable. This helps prevent confusion and ensures parties are aware of when their obligations begin.

The 'contract date' is the date often written on the cover or last page of the contract. The 'signature date' is, unsurprisingly, the date written next to or below the signature of each party, showing the date they signed the contract.

An Effective Date in a contract signifies the date which bring the operational clauses concerning the performance of contract, rights, and liabilities of the parties into effect. The Effective Date can be either prospective or retrospective, to the Execution Date.