Title 66, Property

The probate or acknowledgment of any deed or other instrument, made by or to a clerk of any county, may be taken and made before the judge having probate jurisdiction in the clerk's county, the clerk and master or the notary public, and the authentication entered on record in the…

(a) If the clerk or deputy clerk does not know, is not personally acquainted with, or does not have satisfactory evidence of a person wishing to make acknowledgment of the execution of an instrument, the clerk or deputy clerk shall file it, and note, on the record of the probate …

(a) If the acknowledgment is made before a county clerk or deputy, or clerk and master, or notary public, or before any of the officers out of the state who are commissioned or accredited to act at the place where the acknowledgment is taken, and having an official seal, viz: tho…

(a) The authentication or acknowledgment for record of a deed or other instrument in writing executed by a corporation, whether it has a seal or not, shall be good and sufficient, when made in substantially the following form: State of Tennessee )County of ) Before me, of the sta…

The acknowledgment of a married person, when required by law, may be taken in the same form as if such person were sole and without any examination separate and apart from that person's spouse.

All acknowledgments shall be under the seal of office of the officer taking same.

(1) The clerk shall enter, in a well-bound book, the probate or acknowledgment of every deed or other instrument of writing proved or acknowledged before the clerk, which entry shall state:(1) The date of the presentation of the paper where it is filed with the clerk, but is not …

(1) For the clerk's services in this behalf, the clerk shall have the following fees:(1) For issuing a subpoena for each witness required to be summoned to prove the execution of a writing $ .25(2) For filing and entering the date of the presentation of a deed or other instrument…

If the clerk or other officer who takes the probate or acknowledgment of a deed or other instrument fails or refuses to comply with and discharge the duties required of the clerk or officer, the clerk or officer shall forfeit and pay the sum of one hundred dollars ($100) for the …

(a) If the acknowledgment is made before any of the officers who are authorized to take such acknowledgment under this chapter or any consular officer of the United States having an official seal, such officer shall write upon or annex to the instrument a certificate of acknowled…

(a) The form of a certificate of acknowledgment used by a person whose authority is recognized under §§ 66-22-103 and 66-22-104, shall be accepted in this state if the:(1) Certificate is in a form prescribed by the laws or regulations of this state; or(2) Certificate is in a form…