Tenn. Code Ann. § 58-1-606
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Validity of notarial acts of officers
Official statutory text
Such acknowledgment of instruments, attestation of documents, administration of oaths and affirmations, execution of depositions and affidavits, and performance of other notarial acts as aforementioned, heretofore or hereafter made or taken, are declared legal, valid and binding, and instruments and documents so acknowledged, authenticated, or sworn to, shall be admissible in evidence and eligible to record in this state under the same circumstances, and with the same force and effect, as if such acknowledgment, attestation, oath, affirmation, deposition, affidavit, or other notarial act as aforementioned, had been made or taken within this state before or by a duly qualified officer or official as otherwise provided by law. Acts 1945, ch. 5, § 3; C. Supp. 1950, § 1012.30 (Williams, § 1012.33); T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 7-306.
Such acknowledgment of instruments, attestation of documents, administration of oaths and affirmations, execution of depositions and affidavits, and performance of other notarial acts as aforementioned, heretofore or hereafter made or taken, are declared legal, valid and binding, and instruments and documents so acknowledged, authenticated, or sworn to, shall be admissible in evidence and eligible to record in this state under the same circumstances, and with the same force and effect, as if such acknowledgment, attestation, oath, affirmation, deposition, affidavit, or other notarial act as aforementioned, had been made or taken within this state before or by a duly qualified officer or official as otherwise provided by law.
Acts 1945, ch. 5, § 3; C. Supp. 1950, § 1012.30 (Williams, § 1012.33); T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 7-306.
Such acknowledgment of instruments, attestation of documents, administration of oaths and affirmations, execution of depositions and affidavits, and performance of other notarial acts as aforementioned, heretofore or hereafter made or taken, are declared legal, valid and binding, and instruments and documents so acknowledged, authenticated, or sworn to, shall be admissible in evidence and eligible to record in this state under the same circumstances, and with the same force and effect, as if such acknowledgment, attestation, oath, affirmation, deposition, affidavit, or other notarial act as aforementioned, had been made or taken within this state before or by a duly qualified officer or official as otherwise provided by law.
Acts 1945, ch. 5, § 3; C. Supp. 1950, § 1012.30 (Williams, § 1012.33); T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 7-306.
Status: in_force
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