Forms of Certificates

Act 188 of 1941, § 7, under UNIFORM ACKNOWLEDGMENT ACT.

Act 188 of 1941, § 7

Section 7. Forms of Certificates.--An officer taking the acknowledgment shall endorse thereon or attach thereto a certificate substantially in one of the following forms:

(1) By individuals--

State of..........................................

County of.........................................

On this, the ................. day of............, 19......., before me ............................, the undersigned officer, personally appeared............................, known to me (or satisfactorily proven) to be the person whose name ............. subscribed to the within instrument, and acknowledged that ..... he................. executed the same for the purposes therein contained.

In witness whereof, I hereunto set my hand and official seal.

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Title of Officer

(2) By a corporation--

State of .........................................

County of.........................................

On this, the .................. day of............., 19....., before me............................., the undersigned officer, personally appeared..........................., who acknowledged himself to be the........................... of.............., a corporation, and that he as such........................., being authorized to do so, executed the foregoing instrument for the purposes therein contained by signing the name of the corporation by himself as ......................................

In witness whereof, I hereunto set my hand and official seal.

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Title of Officer

Any deed, conveyance, mortgage or other instrument in writing, made and executed by a corporation, may be acknowledged by any officer of said corporation whose signature appears on such deed, conveyance, mortgage or other instrument in writing, in execution or in attestation of the execution thereof.

(3) By an attorney in fact--

State of..........................................

County of.........................................

On this, the ................. day of ............., 19....., before me ............................, the undersigned officer, personally appeared ..............................., known to me (or satisfactorily proven) to be the person whose name is subscribed as attorney in fact for............................., and acknowledged that he executed the same as the act of his principal for the purposes therein contained.

In witness whereof, I hereunto set my hand and official seal.

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Title of Officer

(4) By any public officer or deputy thereof or by any trustee, administrator, guardian or executor--

State of..........................................

County of.........................................

On this, the .................. day of ............, 19....., before me ............................, the undersigned officer, personally appeared ....................... of the State (County or City as the case may be) of ........................... known to me (or satisfactorily proven) to be the person described in the foregoing instrument, and acknowledged that he executed the same in the capacity therein stated and for the purposes therein contained.

In witness whereof, I hereunto set my hand and official seal.

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Title of Officer

(5) By an attorney at law--

State of .............................

County of.............................

On this, the........... day of..........., 19....., before me ........................, the undersigned officer, personally appeared ......................., known to me (or satisfactorily proven) to be a member of the bar of the highest court of said state and a subscribing witness to the within instrument, and certified that he was personally present when................... whose name ................. subscribed to the within instrument executed the same, and that said person ......... acknowledged that...... he ....... executed the same for the purposes therein contained.

In witness whereof, I hereunto set my hand and official seal.

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Title of Officer

((5) added July 10, 1981, P.L.226, No.71)

(7 amended June 21, 1947, P.L.853, No.353)