If the person executing the instrument resides or is within the state, the acknowledgment shall be made before the county clerk, or legally appointed deputy county clerk, or clerk and master of chancery court of some county in the state or before a notary public of some county in this state.
Tenn. Code Ann. § 66-22-102
Persons authorized to take acknowledgments within state
Applied in 5 court decisions — leading case Limor v. Fleet Mortgage Group (2000)
Most recently applied in Regions Bank v. Bric Constructors, LLC, f/k/a Bric Contractors, LLC, and Patricia McIntosh (December 2011)
Code 1858, § 2039 (deriv
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