Certificate of acknowledgment; attaching to instrument; contents
Sec. 9. A certificate of the acknowledgment of a conveyance or
other instrument in writing that is required to be recorded, signed,
and sealed by the officer taking the acknowledgment shall be written
on or attached to the deed. When by law the certificate of the clerk
of the proper county is required to accompany the acknowledgment,
the certificate shall state that:
(1) the officer before whom the acknowledgment was taken
was, at the time of the acknowledgment, acting lawfully; and
(2) the clerk's signature to the certificate of acknowledgment is
genuine.
As added by P.L.2-2002, SEC.6.
Last modified: May 24, 2006