General Affidavit
A general affidavit is a sworn statement of facts. The person signs before a notary, and the notary completes the jurat. Courts and agencies often require their own affidavit instead of a blank one. If they published a form, use theirs. Use this only when you were told a general sworn statement is acceptable. Write facts you know. Number them. A notary seal does not make a false statement true, and a false sworn statement can be a crime. Papero cannot notarize anything. Print the page and take it to a commissioned notary with your photo ID. Do not sign until you are in front of the notary.
For a person who needs to swear to facts and has been told a general form is acceptable. When: you have a notary appointment and a photo ID.
If the recipient asked for a sworn statement, do not sign until you are in front of a notary. Papero cannot notarize a page or add a seal.
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General Affidavit
Person
Facts
Signature
Signature of the person swearing
Date
Notary
State ________ County ________ Subscribed and sworn before me on ________
Notary signature ________ Commission expires ________ Seal
Why this form exists, and what it will not do
General Affidavit is for a person who needs to swear to facts and has been told a general form is acceptable. The moment to use it: you have a notary appointment and a photo ID. It sits in the Letters and statements group on Papero. Authorizations, affidavits, and declarations, with a notary block where one is usual.
Fill it in this browser. Papero does not create an account, does not upload the answers, and does not keep a copy after you close the tab. When the preview looks right, print it or download a PDF. The PDF is built on your device. A blank download leaves the lines empty so someone else can fill them by hand.
Work through the page in order. The Person section asks for Your name, Phone, Address, State and county where you will swear. The Facts section asks for Numbered facts, Purpose.
Your name. Full legal name. Phone. A number the office can call. Address. Current address.
State and county where you will swear. The notary's venue, if you know it. Numbered facts. What you personally know. Dates and places. Purpose. Why you are making this statement, in one sentence.
People send this back, or refuse it, for ordinary reasons. You sign before you see the notary. The facts are things other people told you. The office required its own affidavit. Read the finished page once as if you were the person receiving it. If a line would make you call back, fill that line.
Sign General Affidavit in front of a notary if the recipient asked for an affidavit or a sworn statement. Do not sign the notary's lines. The notary completes the venue, the seal, and the commission expiration. If the office said notarization is optional, your own signature and the date are the part that matters.
What this page cannot do: A letter of authorization is not a power of attorney. Banks, the IRS, land records, and many hospitals reject a homemade power of attorney and require the statutory form. An affidavit is a sworn statement. Many recipients reject it if a notary did not complete the jurat. The notary block is blank on purpose. Papero is not a notary and cannot put a seal on the page. Papero is not a law firm, not a government agency, and not the office that will accept or reject the paper.
State note for your state. General Affidavit does not contain your state's required clauses, font size, language, or filing fee. Counties and cities inside your state sometimes add their own rule on top of the state. Before you rely on this for a lease, a school, a court, a bank, or an agency, compare it with the form that office publishes. If the office has no form, this template is a clear record of what you wrote and what you signed on this date.
After you print, use dark ink. Write "not applicable" on a line that does not apply, so a clerk does not treat a blank as a missing fact. Initial a correction beside the line. Do not cover a dollar amount with correction fluid. Each person who has a signature line signs their own name. One person cannot sign for another unless a statutory power of attorney, on the form that office accepts, already says so. Give the other party a copy the same day. On your copy, note the date and whether you handed it over, mailed it, or uploaded it to their portal. Attach copies of supporting papers, not your only original, unless the office demanded the original. Do not attach a Social Security card, a passport image, or a bank statement unless the recipient told you to, and then only in person or through their secure portal. Email is a common way those images are stolen. If the recipient is a government office, stop and use the form on that office's own site. Papero does not transmit this page, does not notarize it, and does not store it.
Keep a copy. Give the other party a copy. If you later change a fact, fill the form again and date the new copy. Do not scribble a second story into the margin of a page someone already signed. Write the date you handed it over, and how, on your own copy.
Before you rely on it
- You sign before you see the notary.
- The facts are things other people told you.
- The office required its own affidavit.
A letter of authorization is not a power of attorney. Banks, the IRS, land records, and many hospitals reject a homemade power of attorney and require the statutory form. An affidavit is a sworn statement. Many recipients reject it if a notary did not complete the jurat. The notary block is blank on purpose. Papero is not a notary and cannot put a seal on the page.
How to fill and print it
- Fill the lines. Type into the General Affidavit in this browser. Write "not applicable" on a line that does not apply. What you type stays in this tab and is not uploaded.
- Check the preview. The boxed preview is the page that prints. Read it once as the person who will receive the paper.
- Print or download. Use Print, or download a filled PDF or a blank PDF. The file is built on your device.
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Questions
What is a General Affidavit used for?
A general affidavit is a sworn statement of facts.
Who should use this General Affidavit?
It is for a person who needs to swear to facts and has been told a general form is acceptable. Use it when you have a notary appointment and a photo ID.
Does this General Affidavit need a notary?
Sign the General Affidavit in front of a notary if the recipient asked for a sworn statement. Do not sign the notary lines. Papero cannot notarize a page or add a seal.
Will a General Affidavit from Papero be accepted?
You sign before you see the notary. A letter of authorization is not a power of attorney. Banks, the IRS, land records, and many hospitals reject a homemade power of attorney and require the statutory form. An affidavit is a sworn statement. Many recipients reject it if a notary did not complete the jurat. The notary block is blank on purpose. Papero is not a notary and cannot put a seal on the page.
What gets a General Affidavit sent back?
You sign before you see the notary. The facts are things other people told you. The office required its own affidavit.