Sec. 1-31a. Acknowledgments by attorney outside state. Exception.
Sec. 1-37. Acknowledgment in compliance with law of other jurisdiction. Exception.
Sec. 1-38. Acknowledgment of person in armed forces.
Sec. 1-31a. Acknowledgments by attorney outside state. Exception. An acknowledgment of any instrument pertaining to real property located in this state or a power of attorney may be made outside the state before an attorney admitted to the bar in this state. The provisions of this section shall not apply to any acknowledgment made by a remotely located individual, as defined in section 3-95b, in the conduct of a real estate closing, as defined in section 51-88a.
(P.A. 91-110, S. 8, 9; P.A. 23-28, S. 2.)
History: P.A. 23-28 added that section is not applicable to acknowledgment made by a remotely located individual in the conduct of a real estate closing.
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Sec. 1-37. Acknowledgment in compliance with law of other jurisdiction. Exception. (a) Notwithstanding any provision in this chapter, the acknowledgment of any instrument without this state in compliance with the manner and form prescribed by the laws of the place of its execution, if in a state, a territory or insular possession of the United States, or in the District of Columbia, verified by the official seal of the officer before whom it is acknowledged, and authenticated in the manner provided by subsection (2) of section 1-36, shall have the same effect as an acknowledgment in the manner and form prescribed by the laws of this state for instruments executed within the state.
(b) The provisions of this section shall not apply to any acknowledgment made by a remotely located individual, as defined in section 3-95b, in the conduct of a real estate closing, as defined in section 51-88a.
(1961, P.A. 65, S. 10; P.A. 23-28, S. 4.)
History: P.A. 23-28 redesignated existing provision as Subsec. (a) and added Subsec. (b) re section not applicable to acknowledgment made by a remotely located individual in the conduct of a real estate closing.
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Sec. 1-38. Acknowledgment of person in armed forces. In addition to the acknowledgment of instruments in the manner and form and as otherwise authorized by this chapter, persons serving in or with the armed forces of the United States or their dependents, wherever located, may acknowledge the same before any commissioned officer in active service of the armed forces of the United States with the rank of second lieutenant or higher in the Army, Air Force, Marine Corps or Space Force, or ensign or higher in the Navy or Coast Guard. The instrument shall not be rendered invalid by the failure to state therein the place of execution or acknowledgment. No authentication of the officer's certificate of acknowledgment shall be required but the officer taking the acknowledgment shall endorse thereon or attach thereto a certificate substantially in the following form:
On this the .... day of ...., 20.., before me, ...., the undersigned officer, personally appeared .... (Serial No.) (if any) ...., known to me (or satisfactorily proven) to be (serving in or with the armed forces of the United States) (a dependent of ...., (Serial No.) (if any) ...., a person serving in or with the armed forces of the United States) and to be the person whose name is subscribed to the within instrument and acknowledged that .... he .... executed the same for the purposes therein contained. And the undersigned does further certify that he is at the date of this certificate a commissioned officer of the rank stated below and is in the active service of the armed forces of the United States.
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Signature of the Officer
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Rank and Serial No. of Officer and Command to which attached.
(1961, P.A. 65, S. 11; P.A. 23-71, S. 10.)
History: (Revisor's note: In 2001 the reference in this section to the date “19..” was changed editorially by the Revisors to “20..” to reflect the new millennium); P.A. 23-71 added reference to United States Space Force.
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