Section 565.265 - Certificate of acknowledgment; form acceptable.

UNIFORM RECOGNITION OF ACKNOWLEDGMENTS ACT (EXCERPT)
Act 57 of 1969

565.265 Certificate of acknowledgment; form acceptable.

Sec. 5.

The form of a certificate of acknowledgment used by a person whose authority is recognized under section 2 shall be accepted in this state if 1 of the following is true:

(a) The certificate is in a form prescribed by the laws or regulations of this state.

(b) The certificate is in a form prescribed by the laws applicable in the place in which the acknowledgment is taken.

(c) The certificate contains the words “acknowledged before me”, or their substantial equivalent.


History: 1969, Act 57, Eff. Mar. 20, 1970