Section 8202.  


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  • (a) When executing a jurat, a notary shall administer an oath or affirmation to the affiant and shall determine, from satisfactory evidence as described in Section 1185 of the Civil Code, that the affiant is the person executing the document. The affiant shall sign the document in the presence of the notary.

    (b) To any affidavit subscribed and sworn to before a notary, there shall be attached a jurat in the following form:

    State of California

    County of _______________

    Subscribed and sworn to (or affirmed) before me on this _____ day of _______, 20__, by _________________________, proved to me on the basis of satisfactory evidence to be the person(s) who appeared before me.

    Seal
    Signature

(Amended by Stats. 2007, Ch. 399, Sec. 7. Effective January 1, 2008.)