The attorneys I work for have been attorneys for 37 and 19 years respectively. Before I was a notary, the attorney would dictate the full affidavit, starting with "Before me, the undersigned authority, ..." and ending with "Further Affiant Sayeth Naught" and the jurat. Just the "undersigned authority" language is seemed as obsolete by some. Even our state handbook doesn't use it in their sample affidavit. |