JURAT

SUBSCRIBED AND SWORN TO before me in the City of _______________ on this day of __________, affiant exhibiting
before me his community tax certificate no. _____________ issued on ____________ at __________________.

(Sgd.) N. O. TARIO
Notary Public
Until PTR No.__ 
Issued at__ 
On__ 

Doc. No.
Page No.
Book No.
Series of 2007.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
Republic of the Philippines_______)
City of ___________________) s.s.

BEFORE ME, this __th day of _____, 20__ in the City of ________, Philippines, personally appeared ____________, with
[Valid Identification Document] (Type; No. ) issued by the [official agency] on __th _____ 20__, known to me to be the same
person who executed the foregoing instrument, and who acknowledged to me that the same is his free act and deed.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have set my hand and affixed my Notarial seal on the day, year and
place written.

(Sgd.) N. O. TARIO
Notary Public__
Until__ 
PTR No.__ 
Issued at__
On__ 
Doc. No.
Page No.
Book No.
Series of 2007

NOTE: If the instrument consists of 2 or more pages, include the following after the 1st paragraph:
This instrument, consisting of ___ pages, including the page on which this acknowledgment is written, has been signed on the
left margin of each and every page thereof by ___________ and his witnesses (if any), and sealed with my Notarial seal.

NOTE: If the instrument conveys 2 or more parcels of land, include the following after the 1st paragraph:
This instrument relates to the sale (or mortgage) of ___ parcels of land, and consists of ___ pages including the page on
which this acknowledgment is written, each and every page of which, on the left margin, having been signed by
______________ and his witnesses (if any), and sealed with my Notarial seal.

The difference between a Notary acknowledgement and a Jurat

Oct 15, 2014

Two of the most common notarial acts our notaries are asked at the We the People Woodland Hills office are
Acknowledgments and Jurat. A notary acknowledgement ensures that the signer of the document is indeed the
person named in the document. The function of the notary in this case is to verify the identity of the signer.

On the other hand, a notary is asked to perform a Jurat, when the signer takes an oath or makes an affirmation. The
function of the notary in this case is to administer of oath or affirmation. Notary acknowledgement is mostly used on
real estate transfers, powers of attorneys, and in general in all documents such as a contract, where the goal is to
verify that a certain person indeed signed the document. Interestingly, the signer of a notary acknowledgement is not
required to sign in the presence of the notary, as long as he/she appears in front of a notary. A common
misconception is that the signer needs to wait until in front of a notary before executing the document. That’s not
necessary – only the personal appearance is. Jurat is used for affidavits (such as affidavit of death) or to swear that
certain facts are true. The signer needs to appear in front of the notary to take the oath.

The difference is even clearer when the two languages are compared. Here is part of the language of a notary
acknowledgement: On ________, before me, NAME OF NOTARY, appeared NAME OF SIGNER, who proved to
me on the basis of satisfactory evidence to be the person whose name is subscribed to the within instrument… Here
is the language of a Jurat: Subscribed and sworn to me on this DATE, by NAME OF SIGNER…