ILLINOIS. ARTICLE VI. NOTARIAL ACTS AND FORMS
6-101. Definitions. “Acknowledgment” means a declaration by a person that the person has executed
an instrument for the purposes stated therein and, if the instrument is executed in a representative capacity, that the person signed the instrument with proper authority and executed it as the act of the person or entity represented and identified therein.
6-102. Notarial Acts. (a) In taking an acknowledgment, the notary public must determine, either from
personal knowledge or from satisfactory evidence, that the person appearing before the notary and making the acknowledgment is the person whose true signature is on the instrument.
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The taking of an acknowledgment consists of positively identifying the signer of a document. The signer need not sign in the notaryʼs presence but must personally appear before the notary and state that the signature on the document is his or hers.
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