15. Short forms. The following short form certificates of notarial acts are sufficient for the purposes indicated, if completed with the information required by § 1-1231.14(a) and (b): '(1) For an acknowledgment in an individual capacity: 'District of Columbia 'This record was acknowledged before me on ________ by ____________________ '....................................................................................Date...........Name(s) of individual(s) '__________________________________ ' Signature of notarial officer '[Seal] '[__________________________________] ' Title of office '[My commission expires: _________] '(2) For an acknowledgment in a representative capacity: 'District of Columbia 'This record was acknowledged before me on ________ by _____________________ '....................................................................................Date...........Name(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 officer '[Seal] '[__________________________________] ' Title of office '[My commission expires: _________] f of whom record was executed). '__________________________________ ' Signature of notarial officer '[Seal] '[__________________________________] ' Title of office '[My commission expires: _________] '(3) For a verification on oath or affirmation: 'District of Columbia 'Signed and sworn to (or affirmed) before me on ________ by ______________________ '.......................................................................................Date...........Name(s) of individual(s) ' making statement ' '__________________________________ ' Signature of notarial officer '[Seal] '[__________________________________] ' Title of office '[My commission expires: _________] '(4) For witnessing or attesting a signature: 'District of Columbia 'Signed [or attested] before me on ________ by _______________________ '...............................................................Date...........Name(s) of individual(s) '__________________________________ ' Signature of notarial officer '[Seal] '[__________________________________] ' Title of office '[My commission expires: _________] '(5) For certifying a copy of a record: 'District of Columbia 'I certify that this is a true and correct copy of a _____________________________] ' Title of office '[My commission expires: _________] '(5) For certifying a copy of a record: 'District of Columbia 'I certify that this is a true and correct copy of a record in the possession 'of ________________________________________. 'Dated ___________________________ '________________________________ ' Signature of notarial officer '[Seal] '[__________________________________] ' Title of office '[My commission expires: _________]'. (Dec. 4, 2018, D.C. Law 22-189, § 16, 65 DCR 11606.)
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