Iowa Code § 9B.16
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Short form certificates.
Official statutory text
The following short form certificates of notarial acts are sufficient for the purposes indicated, if completed with the information required by section 9B.15, subsections 1 and 2:
(1) For an acknowledgment in an individual capacity:State of[County] ofThis record was acknowledged before me on(Date) byName(s) of individual(s)....................Signature of notarial officerStamp[]Title of office[My commission expires:]
(2) For an acknowledgment in a representative capacity:State of[County] ofThis record was acknowledged before me on(Date) byName(s) of individual(s)as (type of authority, such as officer or trustee) of (name of party on behalf of whom record was executed).....................Signature of notarial officerStamp[]Title of office[My commission expires:]
(3) For a verification on oath or affirmation:State of[County] ofSigned and sworn to (or affirmed) before me on(Date) byName(s) of individual(s)making statement....................Signature of notarial officerStamp[]Title of office[My commission expires:]
(4) For witnessing or attesting a signature:State of[County] ofSigned (or attested) before me on(Date)byName(s) of individual(s)....................Signature of notarial officerStamp[]Title of office[My commission expires:]
(5) For certifying a copy of a record:State of[County] ofI certify that this is a true and correct copy of a record in the possession ofDated....................Signature of notarial officerStamp[]Title of office[My commission expires:]
2012 Acts, ch 1050, §15, 60
(1) For an acknowledgment in an individual capacity:State of[County] ofThis record was acknowledged before me on(Date) byName(s) of individual(s)....................Signature of notarial officerStamp[]Title of office[My commission expires:]
(2) For an acknowledgment in a representative capacity:State of[County] ofThis record was acknowledged before me on(Date) byName(s) of individual(s)as (type of authority, such as officer or trustee) of (name of party on behalf of whom record was executed).....................Signature of notarial officerStamp[]Title of office[My commission expires:]
(3) For a verification on oath or affirmation:State of[County] ofSigned and sworn to (or affirmed) before me on(Date) byName(s) of individual(s)making statement....................Signature of notarial officerStamp[]Title of office[My commission expires:]
(4) For witnessing or attesting a signature:State of[County] ofSigned (or attested) before me on(Date)byName(s) of individual(s)....................Signature of notarial officerStamp[]Title of office[My commission expires:]
(5) For certifying a copy of a record:State of[County] ofI certify that this is a true and correct copy of a record in the possession ofDated....................Signature of notarial officerStamp[]Title of office[My commission expires:]
2012 Acts, ch 1050, §15, 60
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