Ms. Jones brings a document to Mary a notary public to be notarized. Mary will mark in her journal that it was a Jurat. What identifying wording did she rely on?
A Jurat requires a statement of oath, not just affirmation of truth.
A jurat is the notarial act used when the signer personally appears, signs the document in the notary’s presence, and takes an oath or affirmation; California Government Code section 8202 requires the certificate to identify that act with the jurat wording. The statutory form uses the phrase "Subscribed and sworn to (or affirmed) before me," which is the identifying language Mary would rely on when entering the act in the journal.
A Jurat requires the wording 'Subscribed and sworn to before me,' not 'Acknowledged to me.'
A Jurat requires 'subscribed and sworn to' wording, not 'personally appeared'.
Explanation
Mary relied on the wording “Subscribed and sworn to (or affirmed) before me.” That phrase identifies a jurat, which is used when the signer swears or affirms before the notary.