Nevada Jurat Certificate Form: Wording, the Oath Script and Subscribing Witnesses

This content is educational and informational, not legal advice. Requirements reflect chapter 240 of the Nevada Revised Statutes, but the law can change. Confirm current requirements with the Nevada Secretary of State before relying on this.

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Choose the standard jurat or the subscribing witness version, enter the details, and the certificate updates live. The oath script sits below the form so you can read it aloud before signing anything.

What is the Nevada jurat wording?

Short, and conditional on meeting the requirements in NRS 240.1655 first.

What oath does a Nevada notary say?

The Secretary of State supplies the words, which spares Nevada notaries the improvisation that states like Colorado leave them with. An oath for a jurat requires the notary to ask "Do you swear that the statements in this document are true so help you God?" or, for someone who prefers not to swear, "Do you affirm that the statements in this document are true?" The notary administers this first, by swearing in the document signer, before the certificate is completed. Choosing between the two versions is the signer's call, not the notary's.

Does the signer have to answer out loud in Nevada?

Yes. Nevada requires the document signer to verbally answer or otherwise communicate an affirmative response, such as "Yes." A nod, a shrug, or silence does not complete the oath, and a certificate signed after a silent exchange states something that did not happen. The wording "or communicate" leaves room for a signer who cannot speak, which matters in hospital and care settings. What cannot be skipped is the exchange itself.

What is a jurat of a subscribing witness?

A second, rarer Nevada form, printed in NRS 240.1685, used when the person who signed the document cannot appear but someone who watched them sign can. The witness personally appears before the notary, is known to the notary as the person signing the jurat, and swears under oath that he or she was present and witnessed the named signer sign his or her name to the document. The certificate then closes with "Signed and sworn before me on (date) by (subscribing witness)." Very few states print a statutory jurat for this situation at all, so it is worth knowing Nevada does.

What if a Nevada signer acts in a representative capacity?

They have to say so out loud, not just sign with a title. If the document is signed in a representative capacity, for example by an officer of a corporation, the person must declare that he or she signed the document with proper authority and executed it as the act of the person or entity represented. That declaration happens in front of the notary alongside the oath. Chapter 240 also prints separate short forms for administering an oath or affirmation of office and for an acknowledgment taken through a credible witness.

What else does a Nevada jurat require?

A journal entry and a compliant stamp. Nevada requires a notary to keep a journal of every notarial act, so the jurat is recorded alongside the date, the type of act, the identification relied on, and the fee. The Nevada stamp carries the notary's appointment number, which is unusual, along with the name, the words "Notary Public" and "State of Nevada," the county, and the expiration date. A certificate with a clean stamp but no appointment number is incomplete under Nevada law.

Published June 13, 2026 by the Trámites Notariales US editorial team. Sources: Nevada Revised Statutes sections 240.120, 240.1655, 240.1663, 240.167, 240.1685 and 240.169 (Nevada Legislature); the Nevada Secretary of State notary duties and notarial wording guidance. Confirm current requirements before relying on this.