Tennessee Code Title 66. Property § 66-22-108

(a) The authentication or acknowledgment for record of a deed or other instrument in writing executed by a corporation, whether it has a seal or not, shall be good and sufficient, when made in substantially the following form:

State of Tennessee __________ )

County of __________ )

Before me, __________ of the state and county mentioned, personally appeared __________, with whom I am personally acquainted (or proved to me on the basis of satisfactory evidence), and who, upon oath, acknowledged such person to be president (or other officer authorized to execute the instrument) of __________, the within named bargainor, a corporation, and that such president or officer as such __________, executed the foregoing instrument for the purpose therein contained, by personally signing the name of the corporation as ___.

Witness my hand and seal, at office in __________, this __________ day of __________.

Or, alternatively as follows:

State of Tennessee __________ )

County of __________ )

On this ___ day of ___, 20 ___, before me appear A. B., to me personally known (or proved to me on the basis of satisfactory evidence), who, being by me duly sworn (or affirmed) did say that such person 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 the instrument is the corporate seal of the corporation (or association), and that the instrument was signed and sealed in behalf of the corporation (or association), by authority of its Board of Directors (or Trustees) and A. B. acknowledged the instrument to be the free act and deed of the corporation (or association).

(In case the corporation or association has no corporate seal, omit the words “the seal affixed to the instrument is the corporate seal of the corporation or association and that,” and add at the end of the affidavit clause, the words “and that the corporation (or association) has no corporate seal”). (In all cases add signature and title of officer taking the acknowledgment.)