Acknowledgment simply verifies your identity. Jurat is a written
affirmation. The primary difference is that Jurat is sworn under
oath while Acknowledgment is not.
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Portions of a document may be left blank when the notary signs
the jurat, but if those blanks are filled in later on, they are not
considered covered by the jurat. Therefore they will not be
considered as having been made under oath.