Terms Used In Missouri Laws 486.765

  • certificate: the part of, or attachment to, a notarized document that, in the performance of the notarization, is completed by the notary, bears the notary's official signature and seal, and states the date, venue, and facts attested by the notary in the particular notarial act. See Missouri Laws 486.600
  • following: when used by way of reference to any section of the statutes, mean the section next preceding or next following that in which the reference is made, unless some other section is expressly designated in the reference. See Missouri Laws 1.020
  • notary: any person commissioned to perform notarial acts pursuant to this chapter. See Missouri Laws 486.600

A notary shall use a certificate in substantially the following form in notarizing a certified copy:

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State of Missouri
County (and/or City) of __________
On this ______ day of ______, 20 ____,
I certify that the (attached or following paper document) (affixed, attached, or logically associated electronic document) has been (visually) (electronically) confirmed by me to be a true, exact, and complete copy of the image (or text) (and metadata) of _____________ (description of original document), (presented/e-mailed to me by ______,) (found by me (online) at ________,) (held in my custody as a notarial record,) and that, to the best of my knowledge, the copied document is neither a vital record, a public record, nor a publicly recordable document, certified copies of which may be available from an official source other than a notary.
____________________ (official signature and seal of notary)

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