PRIA, Government Policy, Made Personal

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Papers that affect land in the District of Columbia or any U.S. Territory may be officially signed in front of a notary, judge, or other officer with notary powers in Guam, Samoa, or the Canal Zone. The notary’s certificate must be joined by a certificate from the governor or acting governor saying the notary was really that officer, and any such papers so certified since January 1, 1905 have the same legal effect as those later properly acknowledged and certified.

Title 48, §1663

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Deeds and other instruments affecting land situate in the District of Columbia or any Territory of the United States may be acknowledged in the islands of Guam and Samoa or in the Canal Zone before any notary public or judge, appointed therein by proper authority, or by any officer therein who has ex officio the powers of a notary public: Provided, That the certificate by such notary in Guam, Samoa, or the Canal Zone, as the case may be, shall be accompanied by the certificate of the governor or acting governor of such place to the effect that the notary taking said acknowledgment was in fact the officer he purported to be; and any deeds or other instruments affecting lands so situate, so acknowledged since the first day of January, 1905, and accompanied by such certificate shall have the same effect as such deeds or other instruments hereafter so acknowledged and certified.

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For definition of Canal Zone, referred to in text, see section 3602(b) of Title 22, Foreign Relations and Intercourse. Codification Section is also classified to section 1421f–1 of this title. Section was formerly classified to section 1358 and 1432 of this title.

§1663 Acknowledgment of Deeds

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Title 48, §1663

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