Notarization Format Examples

The following format examples are provided as a reference. Please review the notary stamp requirements mandating a rectangular ink stamp that includes the notary ID number and commission expiration date.

Contents
Verification on oath or affirmation
Certification of a document photocopy
Witnessing or attesting a signature
Acknowledgments
     Individual acting in his/her own right (individual capacity)
     Individual acting in a representative capacity

Verification on oath or affirmation [1]

State of Colorado
County of ____________________

Signed and sworn to [or affirmed] before me on _______________________, 20____
by __________________________________ (name(s) of individual(s) making statement).

____________________________________
(Notary’s official signature)

____________________________________
(Title of office)

____________________________________
(Commission Expiration)
JOHN Q. SAMPLE
NOTARY PUBLIC
STATE OF COLORADO
NOTARY ID 20121234567
MY COMMISSION EXPIRES AUGUST 8, 2016

Certification of a document photocopy (certified copies)   [2]

State of Colorado
County of ____________________

I certify that this is a true and correct copy of a record in the possession of _______________________.

Dated ____________________

____________________________________
(Notary’s official signature)

____________________________________
(Title of office)

____________________________________
(Commission Expiration)
JOHN Q. SAMPLE
NOTARY PUBLIC
STATE OF COLORADO
NOTARY ID 20121234567
MY COMMISSION EXPIRES AUGUST 8, 2016

Witnessing or attesting a signature [3]

State of Colorado
County of ____________________

Signed before me on _______________________, 20____
by __________________________________ (name(s) of individual(s) making statement).

____________________________________
(Notary’s official signature)

____________________________________
(Title of office)

____________________________________
(Commission Expiration)
JOHN Q. SAMPLE
NOTARY PUBLIC
STATE OF COLORADO
NOTARY ID 20121234567
MY COMMISSION EXPIRES AUGUST 8, 2016

Acknowledgments [4]

Individual acting in his/her own right (individual capacity)

State of Colorado
County of ____________________

This record was acknowledged before me on  _________________________, 20 _____
by _____________________________ (name(s) of individual(s)).

____________________________________
(Notary’s official signature)

____________________________________
(Title of office)

____________________________________
(Commission Expiration)
JOHN Q. SAMPLE
NOTARY PUBLIC
STATE OF COLORADO
NOTARY ID 20121234567
MY COMMISSION EXPIRES AUGUST 8, 2016

Individual acting in a representative capacity

State of Colorado
County of ____________________

This record was acknowledged before me on  _________________________, 20 _____
by _________________________ as   (type of authority, such as officer or trustee)   of   
  (name of party/entity on behalf of whom record was executed)   .


(name of officer or agent, title of officer or agent) of (name of corporation acknowledging)
a (state or place of incorporation) corporation, on behalf of the corporation.

____________________________________
(Notary’s official signature)

____________________________________
(Title of office)

____________________________________
(Commission Expiration)
JOHN Q. SAMPLE
NOTARY PUBLIC
STATE OF COLORADO
NOTARY ID 20121234567
MY COMMISSION EXPIRES AUGUST 8, 2016

[1] 24-21-516(1)(c), C.R.S.
[2] 24-21-516(1)(e), C.R.S.
[3] 24-21-516(1)(d) C.R.S.
[4] 24-21-516(1)(a) and (b), C.R.S.