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Definition: “‘Verification upon oath or affirmation’ means a declaration, made by an individual on oath or affirmation before a notarial officer, that a statement in a record is true” (29 DC 4316[15]).
Requirements
Identity of Principal: “A notarial officer who takes a verification of a statement on oath or affirmation shall determine, from personal knowledge or satisfactory evidence of the identity of the individual, that the individual appearing before the officer and making the verification has the identity claimed …” (29 DC 4318[b]).
Signature of Principal: “A notarial officer who takes a verification of a statement on oath or affirmation shall determine … that the signature on the statement verified is the signature of the individual” (29 DC 4318[b]).
Verbal Ceremony: “When performing a verification notarial act, the notary administers a verbal ceremony, asking the principal signer about the truth of the record’s contents. To complete the verbal ceremony and for the notarization process to proceed, the principal signer must verbally respond by saying “Yes” or “I do” or otherwise answering affirmatively” (DNH).
Oath Form: “Do you swear under the penalties of perjury that the information contained in this record is the truth, so help you God?” (DNH).
Affirmation Form: “Do you affirm under the penalties of perjury that the information contained in this record is the truth?” (DNH).
Witness Signature: The short form certificate of notarial act for a verification on oath or affirmation (29 DC 4329[3]) states, “Signed and sworn to (or affirmed) before me …” indicating that the Notary Public performing the verification must personally witness the principal sign the record.
Witnessing or Attesting Signatures
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