In Msg #623003, poster says: "For those of you who say that replacing an acknowledgement with a loose certificate, if that is true why does the county accept them & record using them? Again, I would be very cautious in this situation, but I don't think that means that one should never use a loose certificate."
An Acknowledgment can be the same thing as a loose certificate. Let's say you're notarizing John Doe's signature. An Acknowledgment can be on the same page as the Mr. Doe's signature or his signature and notarial certificate can be on separate pages. Doesn't matter. If the notarial verbiage is not compliant (in our case with California required wording), we attach a loose certificate with the correct wording. A "loose" certificate is one that is not on the same page as any of the document's contents. You can generate your own (provided it's compliant) or you can use the fillable one on the SoS's website. The notarial certificate is wherever the notarial verbiage, notary signature and notary stamp is affixed.
If a replacement notarial certificate is needed (i.e. original is lost, destroyed or there is an error on it), notary meets with signer again and generates a new notarial certificate with date of this last meeting with new entry in journal.
IT IS PERFECTLY ALLOWED AND LEGAL TO USE A LOOSE CERTIFICATE. It is not legal to generate a notarial certificate for any other date that is not the date you generate that certificate and meet with signer. Never backdate or postdate.
The same holds true for a Jurat. Only differences are that signer must sign document on date of notarization and an oath must be administered.
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