Duty of officer to explain deed to grantor
Sec. 8. (a) If before a public officer authorized to receive
acknowledgment of deeds:
(1) the grantor of a deed intends to sign the deed with the
grantor's mark; and
(2) in all other cases when the public officer has good cause to
believe that the contents and purport of the deed are not fully
known to the grantor;
it is the duty of the public officer before signature to fully explain to
the grantor the contents and purport of the deed.
(b) The failure of the public officer to comply with subsection (a)
does not affect the validity of a deed.
As added by P.L.2-2002, SEC.6.
Last modified: May 24, 2006