Idaho State Statutes - Idaho Attorney Directory

(1) Certificates of acknowledgment shall
substantially conform to the forms set forth in sections 55-710 through
55-715, Idaho Code.
(2) An oath or affirmation, which is in writing, shall be signed by the
person who takes it, and the notary public shall enter thereunder
substantially the following:
"State of Idaho )
)ss.
County of ..... )
Subscribed and sworn (or affirmed) before me this ..... day of ..........,
....."
....................(official signature and seal)
(3) An oath or affirmation administered verbally by a notary public shall
be in substantially the following form:
"You do solemnly swear (or affirm) that the testimony you shall give in
the matter in issue shall be the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but
the truth." The person who takes the oath or affirmation must respond
affirmatively.
(4) A certificate of verification of an instrument shall follow the
maker's signature and shall identify the notary public and certify that the
maker personally appeared, was sworn, stated his authority for making the
instrument, and averred the truth of the statements therein. For example, the
verification of a corporate document by an officer of the corporation should
be in substantially the following form:
"State of Idaho )
)ss.
County of ..... )
I, ...................., a notary public, do hereby certify that on
this ..... day of .........., ....., personally appeared before me
............., who, being by me first duly sworn, declared that he is the
............ of ........................., that he signed the foregoing
document as .......... of the corporation, and that the statements therein
contained are true."
....................(official signature and seal)
(5) If a certified copy of a document cannot be obtained from any
recorder or custodian of public documents, and if certification of a copy of
the document by a notary public is otherwise permissible, a notary public may
certify a copy of the document in substantially the following form:
"State of Idaho )
)ss.
County of ..... )
I, ...................., a notary public, do certify that on
.........., ....., I carefully compared the attached copy of
......................... (describe document) with the original. It is a
complete and true copy of the original document."
....................(official signature and seal)
(6) On each notary certificate, the notary public shall immediately
following his signature state the date of the expiration of his commission in
substantially the following form:
"My commission expires on .............., ....."

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