Sec. 1.7. As used in this chapter, "proof", with respect to a notarial act, means a proof:
(1) under common law; or
(2) where the witness:
(A) appears before a notarial officer;
(B) was personally known by the notarial officer or identified by the notarial officer through satisfactory evidence;
(C) was not a party to, or a beneficiary of, the record being signed by the principal and the witness; and
(D) took an oath or gave an affirmation and testified to the following:
(i) The witness signed the record.
(ii) The witness identified the principal who signed the record.
(iii) The witness personally observed the principal sign the same record that the witness signed.