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§ 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 […]

§ 16-47-202. 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 […]