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48 U.S.C. § 742 — Acknowledgment of deeds

submitted 109 years ago by ch. 145 to r/title-48-TERRITORIES-AND-INSULAR-POSSESSIONS · 84 words · no verdicts yet

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This section governs acknowledgment of deeds in Puerto Rico. It identifies who may acknowledge deeds and how.

Deeds and other instruments affecting land situate in the District of Columbia, or any other territory or possession of the United States, may be acknowledged in Puerto Rico before any notary public appointed therein by proper authority, or any officer therein who has ex officio the powers of a notary public. The certificate by such notary must be accompanied by the certificate of the executive secretary of Puerto Rico to the effect that the notary taking such acknowledgment is in fact such notarial officer.
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Deeds and other instruments affecting land situate in the District of Columbia, or any other territory or possession of the United States, may be acknowledged in Puerto Rico before any notary public appointed therein by proper authority, or any officer therein who has ex officio the powers of a notary public. The certificate by such notary shall be accompanied by the certificate of the executive secretary of Puerto Rico to the effect that the notary taking such acknowledgment is in fact such notarial officer.

Source credit: (Mar. 2, 1917, ch. 145, § 54, 39 Stat. 968; May 17, 1932, ch. 190, 47 Stat. 158.)

history & why it existsrecord from the source credit
  • 1917Enacted · Act of Mar. 2, 1917, ch. 145 · 39 Stat. 968
  • 1932Amended · Act of May 17, 1932, ch. 190 · 47 Stat. 158

A history note hasn’t been published yet. The record shows enactment by ch. 145 on 1917-03-02.

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