§ 16-47-209. Authentication of acknowledgments
(a) If the acknowledgment is taken within this state or is made without this state but in the United States by one (1) of the officers designated in § 16-47-203, or without the United States by an officer of the United States, no authentication shall be necessary. (b) If the acknowledgment is made without the […]
§ 16-47-210. Acknowledgments under laws of other states
Notwithstanding any provision in this act contained, the acknowledgment of any instrument without this state in compliance with the manner and form prescribed by the laws of the place of its execution, if in a state, a territory or insular possession of the United States, or in the District of Columbia, or in the Philippine […]
§ 16-47-211. Validation of unauthenticated writings affecting title to property
All deeds, conveyances, deeds of trust, mortgages, mineral leases, marriage contracts, and other instruments in writing, affecting or purporting to affect title to any real estate or personal property situated in this state, which have been recorded or executed prior to July 19, 1971, and which may be defective or ineffectual because of the failure […]
§ 16-47-212. Act cumulative
This act shall be cumulative to other acts of the General Assembly relating to acknowledgments.
§ 16-47-213. Acknowledgments by persons serving in or with the armed forces of the United States within or without the United States
In addition to the acknowledgment of instruments in the manner and form and as otherwise authorized by this act, persons serving in or with the armed forces of the United States or their dependents may acknowledge the same wherever located before any commissioned officer in active service of the armed forces of the United States […]
§ 16-47-214. Acknowledgments previously taken unaffected
No acknowledgment heretofore taken shall be affected by anything contained in this act.
§ 16-47-215. Uniformity of interpretation
This act shall be so interpreted as to make uniform the laws of those states which enact it.
§ 16-47-216. Title of act
This act may be cited as the “Uniform Acknowledgment Act”.
§ 16-47-217. Validation of prior acknowledgments — Construction of uniform act
It is the intent and purpose of this section that all acknowledgments taken subsequent to Acts 1957, No. 411 either in accordance with the Uniform Acknowledgment Act or in accordance with the laws of this state in effect at the time of adoption of the Uniform Acknowledgment Act be cured and validated for all purposes; […]
§ 16-47-218. Validation of acknowledgments — Construction of acts
All acknowledgments taken subsequent to Acts 1959, No. 127 either in accordance with the Uniform Acknowledgment Act or in accordance with the laws of this state in effect at the time of adoption of the Uniform Acknowledgment Act are cured and validated for all purposes; and neither Acts 1959, No. 127 nor the Uniform Acknowledgment […]