Document Updates: Removal of Commonwealth Language in Notarial Certificates For Various State Documents (Cx4, Cx486, Cx505, Cx1332, Cx1348, Cx1514, and Cx1516)
Even though four states refer to themselves as commonwealths (Kentucky, Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, and Virginia), none of these states use the word “commonwealth” in their respective statutory notarial certificate examples. These notarial certificate examples show the word “state” instead.
In an effort to streamline notarial certificates to be more uniform and compliant,…