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The material explains that courts accept substantial compliance with statutory forms and that acknowledgments must include the phrase “acknowledged before me.” It supplies statutory short forms and alternate forms for individuals, corporations, and partnerships, including special provisions for signers who cannot write their name, plus oath forms for written and verbal administration. 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ofacknowledgment.Although the law does give certain wording for thecertificate of acknowledgment,the courts have held that \"substantialcompliance with the statute form is all that is required.\"  \nTo make the acknowledgment valid,it must include the words“acknowledged before me.”The acceptable forms are listed onthe next four pages.  \n   \n\n| 1.Statutory short form for an individual acting in his or her  \u003Cbr>own right (from W.Va.Code §39-1A-6):  \u003Cbr>STATE OF WEST VIRGINIA  \u003Cbr>COUNTY OF  \u003Cbr>The foregoing instrument was acknowledged before me this  \u003Cbr>(date)  \u003Cbr>(name of person acknowledged)  \u003Cbr>by.  \u003Cbr>My commission expires  \u003Cbr>Notary Public   |\n| --- |\n\n\n| 5.Statutory short form for a partnership:  \u003Cbr>STATE OF WEST VIRGINIA  \u003Cbr>COUNTY OF………     …    ………   ………  \u003Cbr>The foregoing instrumenl was acknowledged before me this  \u003Cbr>(date)by(name of partner or agent signing document)  \u003Cbr>partner(or agent)on behalf of…  (name of partnership)  \u003Cbr>a partnership  \u003Cbr>My commission expires.  \u003Cbr>Notary Public   |\n| --- |\n| 6.Form for an individual who cannot write his or her name:  \u003Cbr>STATE OF WEST VIRGINIA  \u003Cbr>COUNTY OF_____     _  \u003Cbr>_________,in the year_____,before  \u003Cbr>On this_______day of  \u003Cbr>___,a notary public in and for  \u003Cbr>me_____(notary's name)____  \u003Cbr>said state,personally appeared_(name of individual)  \u003Cbr>known to me to be the person who,being unable to write his  \u003Cbr>name,made his mark in my presence.I signed his name at his  \u003Cbr>request and in his presence on the (type of document)  \u003Cbr>within and he acknowledged to me and to the two witnesses who  \u003Cbr>have signed and printed their names and addresses hereto,that  \u003Cbr>he made his mark on the same for the purposes therein stated.  \u003Cbr>My commission expires  \u003Cbr>Notary Public  \u003Cbr>(Signatures of two witnesses  \u003Cbr>and their addresses)   |\n\n\n| 2.Alternate form for one or more individuals acting in his  \u003Cbr>or her own right:  \u003Cbr>STATE OF WEST VIRGINIA  \u003Cbr>COUNTY OF  \u003Cbr>__anotary public in and for said state,do  \u003Cbr>i,_name of notary)  \u003Cbr>(name of person signing document)  \u003Cbr>hereby certify tha   __  \u003Cbr>whose name is signed to the writing above,has this day  \u003Cbr>acknowledged the same before me.  \u003Cbr>Given under my hand this_______day of  \u003Cbr>My commission expires  \u003Cbr>Notary Public   |\n| --- |\n| 3.Statutory short form for a corporation:  \u003Cbr>STATE OF WEST VIRGINIA  \u003Cbr>COUNTY OF.  \u003Cbr>The foregoing instrument was acknowledged before me this  \u003Cbr>(date)by(name and title of person signing document)of  \u003Cbr>(name of corporation),a (state or place of incorporation)  \u003Cbr>corporation,on behalf of the corporation.  \u003Cbr>My commission expires  \u003Cbr>Notary Public   |\n| 4.Alternate form for a corporation:  \u003Cbr>STATE OF WEST VIRGINIA  \u003Cbr>COUNTY OF  \u003Cbr>1,  (name of notary)_,a notary public in and for said state,  \u003Cbr>do hereby certify that (name of officer signing document)_,  \u003Cbr>who signed to the writing above,bearing the date of_(date),  \u003Cbr>for(name of corporation)has this day acknowledged before  \u003Cbr>me the said writing to be the act and deed of said corporation.  \u003Cbr>Given under my hand this______day of____       ,—  \u003Cbr>My commission expires _    —  \u003Cbr>Notary Public   |\n\nC.  \n\n| a.If the oath is administered in writing,the person must sign the  \u003Cbr>oath in the presence of the notary,and the notary shall use this form  \u003Cbr>under the text of the oath:  \u003Cbr>Subscribed and swom before me this______day of__  _  ____.  \u003Cbr>My commission expires_____  _      ___      …  \u003Cbr>Notary Public   |\n| --- |\n| b.If the oath is administered verbally,the notary public addresses  \u003Cbr>the person taking the oath with substantially these words:  \u003Cbr>\"Do you solemnly swear or affirm,under the penalty of perjury,  \u003Cbr>that the testimony you shall give in the matter in issue,pending between  \u003Cbr>_shall be the truth,the whole truth,  \u003Cbr>_____and_____  \u003Cbr>and nothing but the truth,so help you God?”   |\n\n\n|","cbCaio7ovhYWysn6","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaio7ovhYWysn6","pdf",1339975,"English","# Acknowledgments\n## Statutory short forms and alternate forms\n## Partnership, corporation, and individuals who cannot write\n# Oaths\n## Written vs verbal oath forms\n## Executing witness and facsimile certification","[{\"question\":\"What wording must be included for an acknowledgment to be valid?\",\"answer\":\"An acknowledgment must include the words “acknowledged before me.”\"},{\"question\":\"What do courts require regarding the statutory acknowledgment form?\",\"answer\":\"Courts have held that “substantial compliance with the statute form is all that is 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