06/09/2026
Notary knowledge incoming...
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Thanks to:
Pennsylvania Association of Notaries
When performing acknowledgments in Pennsylvania, notaries should understand the three common types and how each depends on the signerβs role or capacity.
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Individual Acknowledgment
The customer signs the record on their own behalf.
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Acknowledgment in a Representative Capacity
The customer signs on behalf of another entity, most commonly a business, corporation, or organization, as an authorized representative.
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Acknowledgment by an Attorney-at-Law
An attorney takes a clientβs acknowledgment, then appears before the notary and acknowledges, as a member of the Pennsylvania Supreme Court bar, that the client signed the record before them and understood what they were doing when signing.
Knowing the difference helps ensure the notarial certificate matches the signerβs role, and the correct acknowledgment is completed.