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Title 26 : Professions and Occupations

Chapter 103 : Notaries Public

Subchapter 004 : Notarial Acts

(Cite as: 26 V.S.A. § 5368)
  • § 5368. Short-form certificates

    The following short-form certificates of notarial acts shall be sufficient for the purposes indicated, if completed with the information required by subsections 5367(a) and (b) of this chapter:

    (1) For an acknowledgment in an individual capacity:

    State of Vermont [County] of _________________________________________

    This record was acknowledged before me on ______ by ______

    Date ____ Name(s) of individual(s)_________________________________________

    Signature of notary public _________________________________________

    Stamp____ [__________ ]

    Title of office______ [My commission expires: ______ ]

    (2) For an acknowledgment in a representative capacity:

    State of Vermont [County] of _________________________________________

    This record was acknowledged before me on ____ by ______

    Date ____ Name(s) of individual(s) ______ as ______ (type of authority, such as officer or trustee) of ______ (name of party on behalf of whom record was executed).

    Signature of notary public _________________________________________

    Stamp [____________ ]

    Title of office ______ [My commission expires: ______ ]

    (3) For a verification on oath or affirmation:

    State of Vermont [County] of _________________________________________

    Signed and sworn to (or affirmed) before me on ______ by _________________________________________

    Date ______

    Name(s) of individuals making statement _________________________________________

    Signature of notary public _________________________________________

    Stamp [____________ ]

    Title of office______ [My commission expires: ______ ]

    (4) For attesting a signature:

    State of Vermont [County] of _________________________________________

    Signed [or attested] before me on ______ by _________________________________________

    Date ____ Name(s) of individual(s) _________________________________________

    Signature of notary public _________________________________________

    Stamp [____________ ]

    Title of office ______ [My commission expires: ______ ]

    (5) For certifying a copy of a record:

    State of _______________________________________

    County of _______________________________________

    I certify that this is a true and correct copy of a record in the possession of _______________________________________

    Dated _________________________________________

    Signature of notarial officer _______________________________________________________________________

    Stamp___________

    Title of office _______________________________________ [My commission expires: ___________ ]

    (Added 2017, No. 160 (Adj. Sess.), § 1, eff. July 1, 2019; amended 2021, No. 171 (Adj. Sess.), § 5, eff. July 1, 2022.)