Since the Notary acknowledgment certificate includes the client’s name, would it also be considered a receipt? — D. K., Illinois
No it would not, because Illinois statute explicitly requires Notaries to provide a receipt for services rendered (5 ILCS 312/3-104[d]) and the statute does not equate an acknowledgment certificate with a receipt. In addition, the acknowledgment certificate would not contain the amount of the fee paid for taking the acknowledgment. The acknowledgment is the Notary certification of the notarial act performed. The acknowledgment is part of the notarized document and is not a receipt.
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