Tex. Civil Practice and Remedies Code § 121.007
This is the official text of Tex. Civil Practice and Remedies Code § 121.007, part of Texas’s Civil Practice and Remedies Code — sets procedural rules and available remedies for civil lawsuits.
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§ 121.007. FORM FOR ORDINARY CERTIFICATE OF ACKNOWLEDGMENT.
Official statutory text
The form of an ordinary certificate of acknowledgment must be substantially as follows:
"The State of ____________,
"County of ____________,
"Before me ____________ (here insert the name and character of the officer) on this day personally appeared ________________, known to me (or proved to me on the oath of ________________ or through __________________ (description of identity card or other document)) to be the person whose name is subscribed to the foregoing instrument and acknowledged to me that he executed the same for the purposes and consideration therein expressed.
(Seal) "Given under my hand and seal of office this ________ day of ____________, A.D., ________."
"The State of ____________,
"County of ____________,
"Before me ____________ (here insert the name and character of the officer) on this day personally appeared ________________, known to me (or proved to me on the oath of ________________ or through __________________ (description of identity card or other document)) to be the person whose name is subscribed to the foregoing instrument and acknowledged to me that he executed the same for the purposes and consideration therein expressed.
(Seal) "Given under my hand and seal of office this ________ day of ____________, A.D., ________."
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