certificate of acknowledgment
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The written evidence of an acknowledgment by the officer who takes the acknowledgment, which states in substance that the person named therein was known to and appeared before him and acknowledged the instrument to be his act and deed. 1 Am J2d Ack § 1. The certificate is to be signed by the officer taking the acknowledgment. 1 Am J2d Ack §48. Whether or not a seal is required depends upon the provisions of local statute. If the statute does not in express terms or by clear implication require a seal, the want of a seal does not invalidate the certificate, even when it is executed by a notary public or commissioner of deeds. But if the attributable statute requires that the certificate bear the seal of the officer or requires that the officer taking the acknowledgment authenticate his acts by the use of his seal, the omission of the seal from the certificate is fatal. 1 Am J2d Ack § 50.
Ballentine's law dictionary.
Anderson, W.S..
1998.
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