Uniform Recognition of Acknowledgments Act

The act governs the formal acts by which documents are sworn to, affirmed, verified, notarized, and acknowledged, together with the certification of the documents themselves. Its central mechanism is a set of prescribed forms and certificates for taking an acknowledgment, along with rules for recognizing certificates that conform to them and for authenticating the authority of the officer who acted. It also extends recognition to notarial acts performed outside the state, and directs that its provisions be construed so as to keep the law uniform among the states that adopt it.

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