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If you've made a typo in an affidavit that's already been sworn, you don't have to prepare a whole new affidavit. This is what you do:
#take Take the sworn affidavit to a lawyer or notary public, preferably the lawyer or notary who executed the affidavit;.#when When you're in front of the lawyer or notary, correct the mistakes on the affidavit in pen (cross out the incorrect information and write the correct information about it);.#write Write your initials in the margin of the page beside the line you have corrected, the lawyer or notary <span class="noglossary">will</span> put his or her initials there too, until you have corrected all errors; and,.#the The notary or lawyer <span class="noglossary">will</span> then have to re-swear your affidavit, which just means that you'll have to give your oath that the corrected affidavit is true and sign the affidavit again, below your old signature, and the lawyer or notary <span class="noglossary">will</span> sign the affidavit again.
This <span class="noglossary">will</span> not be appropriate for all mistakes. You can fix a number, change an "I did" to an "I did not," fix a misspelling, or even delete a whole paragraph. It is not appropriate to fix major mistakes about important facts and claims. To fix those, you really should prepare a new affidavit to explain yourself.