Recognition of certificate of acknowledgment
Known as the Uniform Recognition of Acknowledgments Act
The act spans §§ 423–423 (53 sections).
Applied in 5 court decisions — leading case Matthews v. Commonwealth (2005)
Most recently applied in Rhiel v. Huntington National Bank (In Re Phalen) (March 2011)
Effective: July 1, 1970 History: 1970 Ky
Court decisions citing this, by year. The dip in the last several years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so recent citations are undercounted.
The form of a certificate of acknowledgment used by a person whose authority is recognized under KRS 423.110 shall be accepted in this state if:
(1) The certificate is in a form prescribed by the laws or regulations of this state;
(2) The certificate is in a form prescribed by the laws or regulations applicable in the place in which the acknowledgment is taken; or (3) The certificate contains the words "acknowledged before me," or their substantial equivalent.
Official source: Kentucky General Assembly. Reproduced from public-domain Kentucky statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.