Oklahoma Code § 49-118

Title 49. Notaries Public: Certification of notarial act
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A.  A notarial act must be evidenced by a certificate signed and
dated by a notarial officer.  The certificate shall include
identification of the jurisdiction in which the notarial act is
performed and the title of the office of the notarial officer and
may include the official stamp or seal of office.  If the officer is
a notary public, the certificate must also indicate the date of

expiration, if any, of the commission of office, but omission of
that information may subsequently be corrected.  If the officer is a
commissioned officer on active duty in the military service of the
United States, it must also include the rank of the officer.
B.  A certificate of a notarial act is sufficient if it meets
the requirements of subsection A of this section and it:
1.  is in the short form set forth in Section 9 of this act;
2.  is in a form otherwise prescribed by the law of this state;
3.  is in a form prescribed by the laws or regulations
applicable in the place in which the notarial act was performed; or
4.  sets forth the actions of the notarial officer and those are
sufficient to meet the requirements of the designated notarial act.
C.  By executing a certificate of a notarial act, the notarial
officer certifies that the officer has made the determinations
required by Section 3 of this act.

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