§ 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 […]
§ 16-47-201. Acknowledgment of instruments
Any instrument may be acknowledged in the manner and form provided by the laws of this state, or as provided by this act.
§ 16-47-202. Officials authorized to take within the state
The acknowledgment of any instrument may be made in this state before: (1) A judge of a court of record or before any former judge of a court of record who served at least four (4) or more years; (2) A clerk of any court of record; (3) A commissioner or registrar or recorder of […]