Proof of Execution by Subscribing Witness

PROOF of EXECUTION BY SUBSCRIBING WITNESS 

This notarial certificate is used when a principal signer, who cannot appear before the Notary, directs a third party (the subscribing witness) to witness that principal's signing or acknowledging of his or her signature on a document.  

When a person, we will call the principal, has signed a document and cannot personally appear before the notary public, another person can appear on the principal's behalf.  This person is the witness to the principal. having signed (or “executed”) the document.  Therefore, becomes a subscribing witness. 

• Subscribing Witness must appear in person to the notary.  
• The subscribing witness will sign or acknowledge their signature on the document.
• The notary will identify the subscribing witness with one credible identifying witness.  One credible witness may be used to identify the subscribing witness, if the identifying witness personally knows the Notary and the signer.  Two witnesses who do not personally know the Notary may be used as well.
• The Subscribing Witness will take an oath, affirming the identity of the principal signer and the signing or acknowledgment of the signing, by the principal signer.
• The Subscribing Witness will sign the notary's journal.