What is the difference between a jurat and an acknowledgment? Are they interchangeable?
No, the terms are not interchangeable. A “jurat” is that part of a affidavit in which you, the notary, state that it was sworn to before you. “Acknowledgment” means a declaration by a person that he or she executed an instrument for the purposes stated therein and, if the instrument is executed in a representative capacity, that he or she signed the instrument with proper authority and executed it as the act of the person of entity represented and identified therein.
