Instructional Guide: Customizing and Using Provided Documents for Private Operations

1. Purpose of This Guide

This guide is intended to help artists, entrepreneurs, and other private operators understand how to correctly use, customize, and finalize the provided materials. It is critical to adapt all templates to your specific situation by editing names, dates, locations, and context-sensitive information.

2. Document Customization

  • Always replace any placeholders (e.g., [Your Name], [Location], [Date]) with your actual details.

  • Review every sentence to ensure it reflects your actual situation and beliefs.

  • Avoid submitting or signing any document you do not fully understand.

3. Document Formatting and Paper Sizes

  • Standard Paper Size: 8.5 x 11 inches (commonly used for correspondence, standard documents, notices)

  • Legal Paper Size: 8.5 x 14 inches (used for affidavits, contracts, declarations)

Tips:

  • Use standard size (8.5 x 11) for letters, notices, and common documents.

  • Use legal size (8.5 x 14) for trust declarations, legal filings, or layered contracts when needed for readability and formality.

4. Jurisdictional Notice: De Facto vs. De Jure (Private)

De Facto Jurisdiction (Public):

  • State or federal governments, licensed agencies, and statutory entities.

  • Generally utilizes certified notaries, public filing, and operates under administrative law.

De Jure Jurisdiction (Private):

  • Trusts, faith-based organizations (e.g., 508(c)(1)(A)), PMAs, and common law constructs.

  • Operates under natural law, God's law, or equity law.

  • Documents may be witnessed, thumb-printed, or sealed privately.

5. Notarization and Witnessing

  • De Facto Notarization: Required when filing in the public domain (e.g., banks, courts). Use black or blue ink.

  • De Jure Witnessing: Optional in private, but preferred. Witnesses sign with full names, and sometimes thumbprint seals are added.

  • You may use both systems when transitioning or for extra credibility.

6. When to Use Bond Paper vs. Standard Paper

  • Bond Paper:

    • Use for Declarations of Trust, foundational agreements, Certificates of Creation.

    • Symbolizes credibility, permanence, and authenticity.

  • Standard Paper:

    • Use for day-to-day correspondence, contract drafts, or notices of intent.

7. Self-Certification and Thumbprint Seals

  • Trusts and private entities can self-certify documents through:

    • Signature of trustee or authorized agent.

    • Date and thumbprint seal in red ink for living men/women.

    • Wet ink signatures (ideally blue to signify original document).

Common Seal Combinations:

  • Red thumbprint = living man/woman

  • Blue signature = wet ink, original authority

  • Embossed seal (optional) = elevated recognition

Avoid:

  • Black ink for living declarations (seen as commercial/dead entity)

  • Signing with ALL CAPS (considered corporate fiction)

8. Importance of Reading and Understanding Documents

Every word in your documents acts as an operational procedure and declaration of authority.

  • Do not copy and paste without understanding.

  • Read thoroughly, line-by-line.

  • Make sure your documents reflect your intent, status, and role.

Your document = your law = your procedure.

9. Filing or Presenting Documents

  • Private documents can be carried, presented, or archived.

  • Keep a record of all signed originals.

  • Consider scanning and storing digital backups securely.

  • Stay consistent with your language, seals, and signature practices.

  • Study before signing anything.

  • Adapt these principles to your faith, mission, and structure.

Empowerment comes through informed action.

For additional templates, guides, and structure assistance, refer to your trust, PMA, or 508(c)(1)(A) foundational documents.