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Missouri Revised Statutes Title XXIX. Ownership and Conveyance of Property § 442.210. Certificate of acknowledgment--contents

Current as of January 01, 2025 | Updated by Findlaw Staff

1. The certificate of acknowledgment shall state the act of acknowledgment, and that the person making the same was personally known to at least one judge of the court, or to the officer granting the certificate, to be the person whose name is subscribed to the instrument as a party thereto, or was proved to be such by at least two witnesses, whose names and places of residence shall be inserted in the certificate; and the following forms of acknowledgment may be used in the case of conveyances or other written instruments affecting real estate; and any acknowledgment so taken and certificate shall be sufficient to satisfy all requirements of law relating to the execution or recording of such instruments (begin in all cases by a caption, specifying the state and place where the acknowledgment is taken):

(1) In case of natural persons acting in their own right

On this __________ day of __________, 20__________, before me personally appeared A B (or A B and C D), to me known to be the person (or persons) described in and who executed the foregoing instrument, and acknowledged that he (or they) executed the same as his (or their) free act and deed.

(2) In the case of natural persons acting by attorney

On this __________ day of __________, 20__________, before me personally appeared A B, to me known to be the person who executed the foregoing instrument in behalf of C D, and acknowledged that he executed the same as the free act and deed of C D.

(3) In the case of corporations or joint stock associations

On this __________ day of __________, 20__________, before me appeared A B, to me personally known, who, being by me duly sworn (or affirmed) did say that he is the president (or other officer or agent of the corporation or association), of (describing the corporation or association), and that the seal affixed to foregoing instrument is the corporate seal of said corporation (or association), and that said instrument was signed and sealed in behalf of said corporation (or association) by authority of its board of directors (or trustees), and said A B acknowledged said instrument to be the free act and deed of said corporation (or association).

2. In case the corporation or association has no corporate seal, omit the words “the seal affixed to said instrument is the corporate seal of said corporation (or association), and that”, and add at the end of the affidavit clause the words “and that said corporation (or association) has no corporate seal”.

3. (In all cases add signature and title of the officer taking the acknowledgment.)

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