Under California jurat requirements, which situation allows a jurat to be completed?
The signer must appear in person before the notary at the time of signing.
Government Code section 8202 governs jurats and requires the signer to personally appear before the notary, swear or affirm the truthfulness of the statement, and sign the document in the notary’s presence. A jurat is invalid if any of those elements is missing, so this is the only situation that satisfies California’s statutory requirements.
The principal must personally appear before the notary for a jurat to be completed.
The notary must use the correct notarial wording regardless of personal knowledge.
Explanation
A jurat cannot be affixed unless the signer personally appears, takes an oath, and signs in the presence of the notary public. A notary public seal and signature cannot be affixed to a document without the correct notarial wording.