Notary Handbook - the Montana Secretary of State Website

Here’s how the previous jurat blocks should be completed:
1. The basic jurat block should be completed like this:
State of Montana
County of _Yellowstone___
Signed and sworn to before me on __May 5 , 2012___ by ______John Doe (only)_______.
Print name of signer(s)
Affix seal/stamp as close to
signature as possible.
_____L E Egan___________________________
Notary Signature
[Montana notaries must complete the following,
if not part of stamp.]
_________________________________________
Printed Name
Notary Public for the state of _________________
Residing at________________________________
My Commission expires:___________, 20_______
2. The second type of jurat block should be completed like this:
State of Montana
County of _Yellowstone___
On this __5th___ day of __May_____, 20_12, __John and Mary Doe (only)__ personally appeared before me and,
having been duly sworn, did execute the above instrument for the purposes stated herein.
Affix seal/stamp as close to
signature as possible.
_____L E Egan___________________________
Notary Signature
[Montana notaries must complete the following,
if not part of stamp.]
_________________________________________
Printed Name
Notary Public for the state of _________________
Residing at________________________________
My Commission expires:___________, 20_______
Notes:
The format of the notarial block may vary, as seen in the above examples; as long as all information
required by law is included, the style of the notarial block is not important.
When determining whether to perform a jurat, remember you are looking for instructions to do
two things: Witness a signature and administer an oath. Key words are “signed and sworn,”
“subscribed and attested,” or “affirmed and executed” (any combination of those six verbs).
It is a good habit to enter the word “only” in parentheses after entering the name(s) of the
signer(s), so that additional names cannot be entered later in an attempt to indicate that other
signatures were notarized.
If you have the combination seal/stamp you don’t have to enter the information below your
signature – it’s in the stamp!
A diagonal line through the last part of the form will indicate that the information has not been
forgotten or ignored, but is contained in the stamp.
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