(765 ILCS 30/6) (from Ch. 30, par. 226)
Sec. 6. Certificate of acknowledgment.
The words "acknowledged before me" means
(1) that the person acknowledging appeared before the person taking the acknowledgment,
(2) that he acknowledged he executed the instrument,
(3) that, in the case of:
(i) a natural person, he executed the instrument for the purposes
therein stated;
(ii) a corporation, the officer or agent acknowledged he held the
position or title set forth in the instrument and certificate, he signed
the instrument on behalf of the corporation by proper authority, and the
instrument was the act of the corporation for the purpose therein
stated;
(iii) a partnership, the partner or agent acknowledged he signed the
instrument on behalf of the partnership by proper authority and he
executed the instrument as the act of the partnership for the purposes
therein stated;
(iv) a person acknowledging as principal by an attorney in fact, he
executed the instrument by proper authority as the act of the principal
for the purposes therein stated;
(v) a person acknowledging as a public officer, trustee,
administrator, guardian, or other representative, he signed the
instrument by proper authority and he executed the instrument in the
capacity and for the purposes therein stated; and
(4) that the person taking the acknowledgment either knew or had satisfactory evidence that the person acknowledging was the person named in the instrument or certificate.
(Source: P.A. 76-1105.)
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