§ 47-86. Validation of probate of deeds by clerks of courts of record of other states, where official seal is omitted.
§47‑86. Validation of probate of deeds by clerks of courts of record ofother states, where official seal is omitted.
In all cases where, prior tothe first day of January, 1891, the acknowledgment, privy examination of amarried woman, or other proof of the execution of any deed, mortgage, or otherinstrument authorized to be registered has been taken before a clerk of a courtof record in another state, and such clerk has failed or neglected to affix hisofficial seal to his certificate of such acknowledgment, privy examination, orother proof of execution, of such deed, mortgage or other instrument, or wheresuch court had no official seal and no official seal was affixed to suchcertificate by reason of that fact, and such deed, mortgage, or other instrumenthas been ordered to registration by the clerk of the superior court of anycounty in this State and has been registered, the probate of any and every suchdeed, mortgage, or other instrument authorized to be registered shall be andhereby is to all intents and purposes validated. (1921, c. 15, ss. 1, 2; C.S.,s. 3366(a).)