District of Columbia Code Division I. Government of District. § 1-1231.14. Certificate of notarial act.

(1) Be executed contemporaneously with the performance of the notarial act;

(2) Be dated;

(3) Identify the jurisdiction in which the notarial act is performed;

(4) Contain the notarial officer's title of office; and

(5) If the notarial officer is a notary public:

(b)(1) If a notarial act regarding a tangible record is performed by a notary public, an official seal shall be affixed to or embossed on the certificate. If a notarial act is performed regarding a tangible record by a notarial officer other than a notary public and the certificate contains the information specified in subsection (a)(2), (3), and (4) of this section, an official seal may be affixed to or embossed on the certificate.

(2) If a notarial act regarding an electronic record is performed by an electronic notary and the certificate contains the information specified in subsection (a)(2), (3), and (4) of this section, an official seal shall be attached to or logically associated with the certificate.

(1) Is in a short form as set forth in § 1-1231.15;

(2) Is in a form otherwise permitted by the law of the District;

(3) Is in a form permitted by the law applicable in the jurisdiction in which the notarial act was performed; or

(4) Sets forth the actions of the notarial officer and the actions are sufficient to meet the requirements of the notarial act as provided in §§ 1-1231.04, 1-1231.05, and 1-1231.06 or law of the District other than this chapter.