Acknowledgment for Ohio. Ohio. [A seal or a scroll made with the pen is requisite to a deed, and the signing and sealing must be acknowledged by the grantor in the presence of two witnesses, who must attest the signing and sealing, and subscribe such attestation; and the signing and sealing must also be acknowledged by the grantor before the proper officer. The certificate of acknowledgment, if taken within the State, must be written on the same paper with the instrument.(a) A deed executed and acknowledged without the State may be done in conformity with the laws of the place of execution. Certificates of acknowledgment are required to show distinctly the official character of the officer making them.] STATE OF OHIO, 148. Acknowledgment Within the State. 88. BEFORE ME, M. N., a justice of the peace, in and for said county [or, judge of court, or other officer, as the case may be], personally appeared the within [or, above] named A. B., and acknowledged the signing and sealing of the within [or, above] conveyance [or, power of attorney, or, mortgage, or, lease, or other instrument] to be his voluntary act and deed, this day of [Signature and title.] STATE OF OHIO, 18 149. The Same, by Husband and Wife. 88. BEFORE ME, M. N., a justice of the peace in and for said county [or, judge of the court, or other officer, as the case may be, personally appeared the within [or, above] named A. B., and C. B. his wife, and acknowledged the signing and sealing of the within [or, above] conveyance [or, power of attorney, or, mortgage, or, lease, or other instrument] to be their voluntary act and deed; and the said C. B. being at the same time examined by me, separate and apart from her said husband, and the contents of said deed [or, instrument] being made known to her by me, she then declared that she did voluntarily sign, seal, and acknowledge the same, and that she is still satisfied therewith; this day of A. D. 18 [Signature and title.] 150. Acknowledgment Without the State, by a Single Person.(b) BEFORE ME, M. N., a commissioner of the State of Ohio, resident in said State and county, personally appeared the within [or, above] named A. B., (a) Act of 1881; Chase's Stats., 1843. A certificate on a separate paper, though it be affixed with a wafer, is void. Winkler . Higgins, 9 Ohio Stat., 599. A defect in this respect, however, is amendable. Laws of 1860, chap. 314. (b) This and the two following forms are those prescribed by the executive authority for the guidance of the commissioners of the State. Acknowledgment, &c., of Deeds for Ohio; Oregon. and acknowledged the signing and sealing of the within [or, above] conveyance [or, power of attorney, or, mortgage, or, lease, or, instrument] to be his voluntary act and deed; this [Seal.] STATE OF County. day of A. D. 186. 151. The Same, by Husband and Wife. BEFORE ME, M. N., a commissioner of the State of Ohio, resident in said State and county, appeared the within [or, above] named A. B., and C. B. his wife, and acknowledged the signing and sealing of the within [or, above] conveyance [or, power of attorney, or, mortgage, or, lease, or, instrument] to be their voluntary act and deed; and the said C. B. being at the same time examined by me, separate and apart from her husband, and the contents of said instrument made known to her by me, she then declared that she did voluntarily sign, seal, and acknowledge the same, and that she is still satisfied therewith; this day of A. D. 186. [Seal.] [Signature and title.] 152. The Same, by an Attorney in Fact. BEFORE ME, M. N., commissioner of the State of Ohio, resident in said State and county, appeared the within [or, above] named [here insert the name of the principal], by his attorney in fact, the within-named A. B., and acknowledged the signing and sealing of the within conveyance [or, instrument] to be his voluntary act and deed, and the voluntary act and deed of the said A. B., as said attorney; this day of A. D. 186. [Seal.] [Signature and title.] Oregon. [Deeds executed within the State, of lands therein, must be executed in pres ence of two subscribing witnesses. The acknowledgment should be indorsed on the instrument. Deeds executed without the State may be executed and acknowledged according to the laws of the State or Territory, this fact being certified by a clerk or other certifying officer of a court of record. A married woman residing without the State need not be separately examined. For proceedings for compulsory proof or proof by handwriting, see forms given under NEW YORK.] 153. Acknowledgment by Grantor, Known to the Officer. 88. COUNTY OF On this day of in the year 18 before me personally came A. B., to me known to be the individual described in, and who executed the within [or, foregoing] conveyance [or, bond, or, letter of attorney, or, instrument in writing], and acknowledged that he executed the same, for the uses and purposes therein mentioned. [Signature and title.] Oregon. 154. Ackowledgment by Grantor, Not Known to the Officer. On this day of in the year 18, before me personally came A. B., proven to me satisfactorily to be the individual described in, and who executed the within [or, foregoing] conveyance, by the oath of M. N. [subscribing witness thereto], who being by me duly sworn, did depose and say that he resided in in the county of ; that he was acquainted with the said A. B., and that he knew him to be the individual described in, and who executed the within [or, foregoing] conveyance; and thereupon the said A. B. acknowledged that he executed the same, for the uses and purposes therein mentioned. [Signature and title.] 155. By COUNTY OF Husband and Wife, Resident and Known to the Officer. On this day of 18 before me personally came A. B., and C. B. his wife, to me known to be the individuals described in, and who executed the within [or, foregoing] conveyance, and acknowledged that they executed the same, for the uses and purposes therein mentioned. And the said C. B. acknowledged, on a private examination by me made, separate and apart from her husband, that she executed the said conveyance freely, and without any fear or compulsion from any one. [Signature and title.[ 156. Proof by Subscribing Witness, Known to the Officer. 88. 18 COUNTY OF On this day of before me personally came M. N., subscribing witness to the within [or, foregoing] conveyance, to me personally known, who being by me duly sworn, did depose and say *, that he resided in the town of , in the county of ; that he knew A. B., the individual described in, and who executed the said conveyance; that he was present and saw the said A. B. execute [and deliver] the same, as and for his act and deed; and that the said A. B. acknowledged the execution thereof: whereupon the said M. N. became the subscribing witness thereto. [Signature and title.] 157. By Subscribing Witness, Not Known to the Officer. 88. COUNTY OF On this 18 before me personally came M. N. and O. P.; and the said O. P., to me known, being by me duly sworn, did depose and say, that he resided in the town of , in the county of ; that he was acquainted with the said M. N, and that he knew him to be the same person who was a subscribing witness to the within conveyance, which is to me satisfactory evidence thereof; and the said M. N., being by me duly sworn, deposed and said [continuing as in preceding form from the *]. Acknowledgment of Deeds for Pennsylvania. Pennsylvania. [A scroll is a sufficient private seal for a deed. Witnesses are not expressly required, but it is the practice to have two. The certificates have been usually made under seal, within as well as without the State; but this is not necessary within the State.(c)] 158. Acknowledgment Within or Without the State. COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA, County of BE IT REMEMBERED, that on this } 88. day of A. D. 18 [or, a judge of before me the subscriber, a justice of the peace of the Court of ,-or, one of the aldermen of the city of personally appeared A. B., the grantor in the foregoing indenture [or, deed, or, conveyance] named, and in due form of law acknowledged the said indenture to be his act and deed, and desired that the same, as such, might be recorded according to law. IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and seal, the day and year last above named. [Signature and title.] [Seal.] 159. The Same, by Husband and Wife. COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA, Į BE IT REMEMBERED, that on this } 88. of the judges of the Supreme Court], personally came A. B., and C. B. his wife, and severally acknowledged the above deed [or, conveyance], to be their act and deed, and desired that the same might be recorded as such; and the said C. B., being of full age, on a private examination by me separate and apart from her husband, the contents of the said deed being first made fully known to her, declared that she did voluntarily, and of her own free will and accord, seal, and, as her own free act and deed, deliver the said deed [or, conveyance], without any coercion or compulsion of her said husband. IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and seal, the day and year last above named. [Signature and title.] BE IT REMEMBERED, that on this day of 18, before me [one of the justices of the peace in and for the said county] personally came the above-named A. B.,* and in his own name and in the name of his constitu (c) Purd. Dig., 313, § 19. Pennsylvania. Rhode Island. ents, the above-named C. D. and E. F., in due form of law, acknowledged the above-written indenture to be his own act and deed and the act and deed of his constituents, the said C. D. and E. F., by him, the said A. B., done and executed by virtue of a power of attorney, to him, for that purpose, bearing date the day of granted, to the end that the same might be as such recorded. 18 IN TESTIMONY [etc., as in preceding form]. 161. The Same, on Behalf of a Corporation. ; [As in the preceding form to the *, continuing thus:] president of the above-named corporation, who being duly sworn deposes and says, that he was personally present at the execution of the above-written indenture [or other instrument], and saw the common seal of the said [naming the corporation] duly affixed thereto; and that the seal so affixed is the common and corporate seal of the said and that the above-written indenture [or other instrument] was duly sealed and delivered by him, as and for the act and deed of the said corporation of the for the uses and purposes therein mentioned; and that the name of this deponent, subscribed to said deed as the president of said corporation, in attestation of the due execution and delivery of said deed, is of this deponent's proper handwriting. [Signature of deponent.] Sworn and subscribed before me, 162. Acknowledgment of Certificate, by Special Partners. [As in Form 158 to the *, continuing thus:] A. B., C. D., and E. F., who severally, in due form of law, acknowledged the foregoing certificate as and for their and each of their act and deed, to the end that the same might be recorded as such. IN TESTIMONY [etc., as in Form 159.] Rhode Island. [A seal should be by impression upon wafer or wax, though where a seal of a court or public office is required it may be made on the paper alone. Two witnesses are usual. There is no provision for proof by witnesses except within the State before a court of record.] Providence, to wit: Then personally appeared the within-named A. B., and acknowledged the within instrument to be his free voluntary act and deed, hand and seal, before me. [Signature and title.] |