The South Carolina Notary Acknowledgement for a Public Officer, Trustee, or Personal Representative is used to acknowledge the signatory and signature of a document executed by an individual in a representational capacity to the Principal. The short notarial certificate contains the phrase “acknowledged before me,” which implies that the person acknowledging (in this case the individual in one of the aforementioned roles) completed the document for the reasons stated therein, they signed in proper authority, that they appeared before the officer taking the acknowledgement, and that they identified themselves to the officer. The notary acknowledgement form, once completed and attached to the initial instrument, renders the instrument notarized.

Laws – SC Code § 26-3-70 (2017)

SOUTH CAROLINA NOTARY ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

(PUBLIC OFFICER, TRUSTEE, PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE)

 

State of _____________

County of ___________

 

The foregoing instrument was acknowledged before me this __________ (Date) by________________(Name and Title of Position).

 

______________________________________

(Signature of Person Taking Acknowledgment)

(Seal)                                                                                                                                                                                                                           ______________________________________

(Title or Rank)

 ______________________________________

(Serial Number, if any)