I share this opinion. I get the occasional request from Title companies to swap out a Ack because either my stamp (in their opinion) is too light or because of a small typo I made (it happens once or twice a year. Out of about a thousand annual signings, a pretty good rate). I always date it for the date the service was performed, because that's what you're acknowledging: John Doe acknowledged signing this document in person to me (in California, in person is a requirement) on DATE and proved to me that they are who they say they are. They don't even have to sign it in front of you by the way (again, in California-- that might vary in other states). They just have to tell you they signed it. (Not true with the Jurat, of course, the document of which DOES need to be signed in front of you).
As suggested, you could put a note on it saying it is a replacement for the original doc. Whenever I have a separate page or attach a loose certificate to a document, I also add a note on the last non-notary page of the document that says "see attached notarial certificate" and sign it, so it's known THAT is the copy that was presented to me. (I predict some of you will say "you can't notarize anything without notarial wording," and you're right, but my note isn't a notarization, it's a direction to look for the notarization) |
