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TN Code § 66-22-103 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 66 - Property|Chapter 22 - Acknowledgment of Instruments|§ 66-22-103. Acknowledgment in Other States or Territories

 If the person executing the instrument resides or is beyond or without the limits of the state, but within the union or its territories or districts, the acknowledgment may be made:   Before any court of record, or before the clerk of any court of record; or, before a commissioner for Tennessee, appointed by the governor; or before a notary public authorized there to take proof or acknowledgments. If the acknowledgment is made before a court of record, a copy of the entry of the acknowledgment on the record shall be certified by the clerk, under the clerk's seal of office; and the judge, chief justice, or presiding magistrate of the court shall certify as to the official character of the clerk; or   Before any other officer of such state, territory or district, authorized by the laws there to take the proof and acknowledgment of deed. There shall in cases under this subdivision (2) be subjoined or attached to the certificate of proof or acknowledgment, signed by such other officer, a certificate of the secretary of state of the state or territory in which such officer resides, under the seal of such state, territory, or a certificate of the clerk of a court of record of such state, territory, or district, in the county in which the officer resides or in which the officer took such proof or acknowledgment under the seal of such court, stating that such officer was, at the time of taking such proof or acknowledgment duly authorized to take acknowledgments and proof of deeds of lands in the state, territory, or district, and that the secretary of state or clerk of court is well acquainted with the handwriting of such officer, and that the officer verily believes that the signature affixed to such certificate of proof or acknowledgment is genuine.    Code 1858, § 2040 (deriv. Acts 1807, ch. 85, § 3); 1831, ch. 90, § 9; 1839-1840, ch. 26, §§ 2, 3, 5; 1855-1856, ch. 115, § 1; Shan., § 3715; Acts 1919, ch. 48, §§ 3, 4; Shan. Supp., §§ 3747a4, 3747a5; mod. Code 1932, § 7632; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 64-2203.
TN Code § 66-22-104 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 66 - Property|Chapter 22 - Acknowledgment of Instruments|§ 66-22-104. Acknowledgment in Foreign Countries

  If the person executing the instrument resides or is beyond the limits of the union and its territories, the acknowledgment may be made:  Before a commissioner for Tennessee appointed in the country where the acknowledgment is made, having an official seal;   Before a notary public of such country, having an official seal; and   Before a consul, charge d'affaires, envoy, minister, or ambassador of the United States in the country to which such person is accredited and where the acknowledgment is made.     When the seal affixed contains the name or official style of such officer, any error, in stating or failing to state otherwise such name or official style of the officer, shall not render the certificate defective.    Code 1858, § 2041 (deriv. Acts 1839-1840, ch. 26, §§ 2-4); Shan., § 3716; Acts 1921, ch. 82, § 1; Shan. Supp., § 3747a10; mod. Code 1932, § 7633; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 64-2204.
TN Code § 66-22-105 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 66 - Property|Chapter 22 - Acknowledgment of Instruments|§ 66-22-105. Authentication of Instruments by or to County Clerk

 The probate or acknowledgment of any deed or other instrument, made by or to a clerk of any county, may be taken and made before the judge having probate jurisdiction in the clerk's county, the clerk and master or the notary public, and the authentication entered on record in the office of the county clerk as other instruments; provided, that the clerk collect and account for the state tax on all such instruments as though the acknowledgment had been taken before the clerk.   Code 1858, § 2069; Acts 1868-1869, ch. 32, § 1; Shan., § 3746; mod. Code 1932, § 7661; impl. am. Acts 1978, ch. 934, §§ 16, 22, 36; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 64-2205.
TN Code § 66-22-106 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 66 - Property|Chapter 22 - Acknowledgment of Instruments|§ 66-22-106. Postponement Pending Identification

  If the clerk or deputy clerk does not know, is not personally acquainted with, or does not have satisfactory evidence of a person wishing to make acknowledgment of the execution of an instrument, the clerk or deputy clerk shall file it, and note, on the record of the probate of deeds, the date of the presentation of the instrument, and the reason of the postponement of the acknowledgment; and then, within twenty (20) days, the party may produce witnesses before the clerk or deputy clerk, to prove the identity of the person so offering to acknowledge the same; and the deed, when acknowledged after such proof, shall take effect from the filing with the clerk.   For purposes of this chapter, “know” or “personally acquainted with” means having an acquaintance, derived from association with the individual in relation to other people and based upon a chain of circumstances surrounding the individual, which establishes the individual's identity with at least reasonable certainty.   For the purposes of this chapter, “satisfactory evidence” means the absence of any information, evidence, or other circumstances which would lead a reasonable person to believe that the person making the acknowledgment is not the individual such person claims to be and any one (1) of the following:  The oath or affirmation of a credible witness personally known to the officer that the person making the acknowledgment is personally known to the witness;   Reasonable reliance on the presentation to the officer of any one of the following, if the document is current or has been issued within five (5) years:  An identification card or driver's license issued by the department of safety; or   A passport issued by the United States department of state; or     Reasonable reliance on the presentation of any one (1) of the following, if the document is current or has been issued within five (5) years and contains a photograph and description of the person named on it, is signed by the person, bears a serial or other identifying number, and, in the event that the document is a passport, has been stamped by the United States immigration and naturalization service:  A passport issued by a foreign government;   A driver's license issued by a state other than Tennessee;   An identification card issued by a state other than Tennessee; or   An identification card issued by any branch of the armed forces of the United States.       An officer who has taken an acknowledgment pursuant to this section shall be presumed to have operated in accordance with this chapter.   Any party who files an action for damages based on the failure of the officer to establish the proper identity of the person making the acknowledgment shall have the burden of proof in establishing the negligence or misconduct of the officer.    Code 1858, § 2047 (deriv. Acts 1833, ch. 92, §§ 13, 14); Shan., § 3722; Code 1932, § 7637; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 64-2206; Acts 1983, ch. 158, § 1.
TN Code § 66-22-107 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 66 - Property|Chapter 22 - Acknowledgment of Instruments|§ 66-22-107. Form of Certificate of Acknowledgment

  If the acknowledgment is made before a county clerk or deputy, or clerk and master, or notary public, or before any of the officers out of the state who are commissioned or accredited to act at the place where the acknowledgment is taken, and having an official seal, viz: those named in §§ 66-22-103 and 66-22-104, and, also, any consular officer of the United States having an official seal, such officer shall write upon or annex to the instrument the following certificate, in which the officer shall set forth such officer's official capacity:  State of Tennessee      )County of      )   Personally appeared before me, (name of clerk or deputy), clerk (or deputy clerk) of this county, (bargainor's name), the within named bargainor, with whom I am personally acquainted (or proved to me on the basis of satisfactory evidence), and who acknowledged that such person executed the within instrument for the purposes therein contained.   Witness my hand, at office, this  day of  , 20  .    Or, in the alternative, the following certificate, in case of natural persons acting in their own right:  State of Tennessee      )County of      )   On this  day of  , 20  , before me personally appeared  , to me known to be the person (or persons) described in and who executed the foregoing instrument, and acknowledged that such person (or persons) executed the same as such person's (or persons') free act and deed.    Or, in case of natural persons acting by attorney:  State of Tennessee      )County of      )   On this  day of  , 20  , before me personally appeared  , to me known (or proved to me on the basis of satisfactory evidence) to be the person who executed the foregoing instrument in behalf of  acknowledged that such person executed the same as the free act and deed of  .     Code 1858, § 2042 (deriv. Acts 1831, ch. 90, § 3); Shan., § 3717; Acts 1919, ch. 48, § 1; Shan. Supp. § 3747a2; mod. Code 1932, § 7634; impl. am. Acts 1978, ch. 934, §§ 22, 36; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 64-2207; Acts 1983, ch. 158, §§ 2, 3.
TN Code § 66-22-108 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 66 - Property|Chapter 22 - Acknowledgment of Instruments|§ 66-22-108. Acknowledgment for Record of Corporate or Partnership Instrument

  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.)     The authentication or acknowledgment for record of a deed or other instrument in writing executed by a partnership shall be good and sufficient when made in substantially the following form:  State of Tennessee      )County of      )   Before me,  , of the state and county aforementioned, 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 a partner of  , the within named bargainor, a partnership, and that such person, as such partner, executed the foregoing instrument for the purpose therein contained, by signing the name of the partnership by such person as partner.   Witness my hand and seal, this  day of  ,  .    The signing of a certificate of acknowledgment for a partnership will not change any requirement of the partnership agreement itself.
TN Code § 66-22-109 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 66 - Property|Chapter 22 - Acknowledgment of Instruments|§ 66-22-109. Acknowledgment of Married Person

 The acknowledgment of a married person, when required by law, may be taken in the same form as if such person were sole and without any examination separate and apart from that person's spouse.
TN Code § 66-22-110 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 66 - Property|Chapter 22 - Acknowledgment of Instruments|§ 66-22-110. Acknowledgments Under Seal

 All acknowledgments shall be under the seal of office of the officer taking same.   Code 1858, § 2043 (deriv. Acts 1839-1840, ch. 26, § 2); Shan., § 3718; mod. Code 1932, § 7636; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 64-2210.
TN Code § 66-22-111 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 66 - Property|Chapter 22 - Acknowledgment of Instruments|§ 66-22-111. Entry of Probate or Acknowledgment

 The clerk shall enter, in a well-bound book, the probate or acknowledgment of every deed or other instrument of writing proved or acknowledged before the clerk, which entry shall state:   The date of the presentation of the paper where it is filed with the clerk, but is not proven or acknowledged because the witnesses fail or refuse to attend, or the clerk is not acquainted with the maker of the instrument;   The date of the probate or acknowledgment;   The names of the maker of the instrument and the person to whom it is made;   The number of acres of land or town lots, or parts or portions of tracts of land or town lots, or other property mentioned in the paper; and   A county or town in which the property is situated.    Code 1858, § 2087 (deriv. Acts 1833, ch. 92, § 15); Shan., § 3767; Code 1932, § 7678; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 64-2211.
TN Code § 66-22-112 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 66 - Property|Chapter 22 - Acknowledgment of Instruments|§ 66-22-112. Fees of Clerk

 For the clerk's services in this behalf, the clerk shall have the following fees:   For issuing a subpoena for each witness required to be summoned to prove the execution of a writing  $ .25   For filing and entering the date of the presentation of a deed or other instrument, when its authentication is not completed at the time of presentation, in addition to the fees allowed by law for taking probates and acknowledgments of deeds and other instruments, and certifying the same  $ .10    Code 1858, § 2088 (deriv. Acts 1833, ch. 92, § 17); impl. am. Acts 1899, ch. 323, § 1; Shan., § 3768; Code 1932, § 7679; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 64-2212.
TN Code § 66-22-113 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 66 - Property|Chapter 22 - Acknowledgment of Instruments|§ 66-22-113. Liability of Officer for Failure to Carry Out Duties

 If the clerk or other officer who takes the probate or acknowledgment of a deed or other instrument fails or refuses to comply with and discharge the duties required of the clerk or officer, the clerk or officer shall forfeit and pay the sum of one hundred dollars ($100) for the use of the county in which the clerk or officer resides, which may be recovered by action of debt, in the name of the trustee of the county, in the circuit or chancery court; and the clerk or officer shall, moreover, be liable to the party injured for all damages the clerk or officer may sustain by such failure or refusal, together with costs, to be recovered by action on the case in the circuit or chancery court.   Code 1858, § 2089 (deriv. Acts 1833, ch. 92, § 18); Shan., § 3769; mod. Code 1932, § 7680; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 64-2213.
TN Code § 66-22-114 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 66 - Property|Chapter 22 - Acknowledgment of Instruments|§ 66-22-114. Certificate of Acknowledgment Form

  If the acknowledgment is made before any of the officers who are authorized to take such acknowledgment under this chapter or any consular officer of the United States having an official seal, such officer shall write upon or annex to the instrument a certificate of acknowledgment. The following form shall constitute a valid certificate of acknowledgment:  State of Tennessee  )   County of   )   Personally appeared before me, (name of officer), (official capacity of officer), (name of the natural person executing the instrument), with whom I am personally acquainted, and who acknowledged that such person executed the within instrument for the purposes therein contained (the following to be included only where the natural person is executing as agent), and who further acknowledged that such person is the (identification of the agency position of the natural person executing the instrument, such as “attorney-in-fact” or “president” or “general partner”) of the maker or a constituent of the maker and is authorized by the maker or by its constituent, the constituent being authorized by the maker, to execute this instrument on behalf of the maker.   Witness my hand, at office, this  day of  , 20  .    Any certificate clearly evidencing intent to authenticate, acknowledge or verify a document shall constitute a valid certificate of acknowledgment for purposes of this chapter and for any other purpose for which such certificate may be used under the law. It is the legislative intent that no specific form or wording be required in such certificate and that the ownership of property, or the determination of any other right or obligation, shall not be affected by the inclusion or omission of any specific words.
TN Code § 66-22-115 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 66 - Property|Chapter 22 - Acknowledgment of Instruments|§ 66-22-115. Recognition of Certificate of Acknowledgment

  The form of a certificate of acknowledgment used by a person whose authority is recognized under §§ 66-22-103 and 66-22-104, shall be accepted in this state if the:  Certificate is in a form prescribed by the laws or regulations of this state; or   Certificate is in a form prescribed by the laws or regulations applicable in the other state, or territory, or foreign country in which the acknowledgment is taken.     A notarial act performed prior to March 29, 1995, is not affected by this section. This section provides an additional method of proving notarial acts. Nothing in this section diminishes or invalidates the recognition accorded to notarial acts by other laws or regulations of this state.
TN Code § 66-23-101 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 66 - Property|Chapter 23 - Authentication of Instruments by Witnesses|§ 66-23-101. Witnesses Outside State When Maker Unavailable

 If the person executing the instrument is dead, or resides or is beyond the limits of the United States and its territories, the instrument may be proved for registration before any clerk of a court of record in any of the states or territories, or before a commissioner for Tennessee, appointed by the governor, in any such state or territory, or before a notary public of such state or territory, by two (2) subscribing witnesses, or, if one (1) of them is dead, then by the subscribing witness living, and proof of the handwriting of the deceased witness by two (2) persons acquainted with such person's handwriting.
TN Code § 66-23-102 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 66 - Property|Chapter 23 - Authentication of Instruments by Witnesses|§ 66-23-102. Witnesses Within State

 If the subscribing witnesses reside or are within the state, they shall appear before the clerk or deputy clerk of the county where it is proposed to prove the instrument.   Code 1858, § 2048 (deriv. Acts 1835-1836, ch. 53, §§ 5, 6; 1837-1838, ch. 150, § 1); Shan., § 3723; mod. Code 1932, § 7638; impl. am. Acts 1978, ch. 934, §§ 22, 36; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 64-2302.
TN Code § 66-23-103 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 66 - Property|Chapter 23 - Authentication of Instruments by Witnesses|§ 66-23-103. One Witness in State

 If only one (1) of the subscribing witnesses resides within the state, that witness may prove the execution of the instrument, the handwriting of the other witness or witnesses being proved by some other person.   Code 1858, § 2049 (deriv. Acts 1831, ch. 90, § 10); Shan., § 3724; Code 1932, § 7639; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 64-2303.
TN Code § 66-23-104 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 66 - Property|Chapter 23 - Authentication of Instruments by Witnesses|§ 66-23-104. One Witness Competent

 If all the subscribing witnesses are dead, insane, blind, or deaf and dumb, except one (1), that witness may prove the execution of the instrument before the clerk or deputy clerk of the county, the handwriting of the other witness being proved by some other person.   Code 1858, § 2055 (deriv. Acts 1831, ch. 90, § 10); Shan., § 3730; mod. Code 1932, § 7645; impl. am. Acts 1978, ch. 934, §§ 22, 36; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 64-2304.
TN Code § 66-23-105 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 66 - Property|Chapter 23 - Authentication of Instruments by Witnesses|§ 66-23-105. Witnesses in Another State

 If the witnesses reside or are in any other state of the union, the proof shall be made before the same officers and tribunals who can take the acknowledgment of the maker of the instrument.   Code 1858, § 2053 (deriv. Acts 1839-1840, ch. 26, § 5); Shan., § 3728; Code 1932, § 7643; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 64-2305.   Law Reviews.   Recording Acts — Heir's Interest in Land After an Unrecorded Deed Executed by the Ancestor, 8 Tenn. L. Rev. 282 (1930).
TN Code § 66-23-106 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 66 - Property|Chapter 23 - Authentication of Instruments by Witnesses|§ 66-23-106. Witnesses Outside Country

 If the witnesses, or any of them, reside or are beyond the limits of the United States, the instrument may be proved by two (2) subscribing witnesses before the same officers and tribunals who have authority out of the state to take the acknowledgment of the person who executed the same.   Code 1858, § 2052 (deriv. Acts 1839-1840, ch. 26, § 2); Shan., § 3727; Code 1932, § 7642; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 64-2306.
TN Code § 66-23-107 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 66 - Property|Chapter 23 - Authentication of Instruments by Witnesses|§ 66-23-107. Testimony Before Foreign Court — Proof of Handwriting

 If the witnesses reside without the limits of the state, the party desiring the probate of the instrument may procure their testimony to be entered of record in any court of record having cognizance thereof or may prove the instrument by two (2) persons acquainted with the handwriting of the person who executed the same, before the clerk or deputy clerk of some county in Tennessee.   Code 1858, §§ 2050, 2051 (deriv. Acts 1809 (Sept.), ch. 104; 1831, ch. 90, § 10); Shan., §§ 3725, 3726; Code 1932, §§ 7640, 7641; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 64-2307.
TN Code § 66-23-108 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 66 - Property|Chapter 23 - Authentication of Instruments by Witnesses|§ 66-23-108. Subpoena for Witnesses

 When an instrument is presented to a clerk or deputy clerk for probate, and the party presenting it suggests to the clerk that the subscribing witnesses or any of them refuse to appear and give evidence of the execution of the instrument, the clerk shall issue a subpoena to compel the attendance of the recusant witnesses to prove the execution of the instrument.   Code 1858, § 2056 (deriv. Acts 1833, ch. 92, § 8); Shan., § 3733; Code 1932, § 7648; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 64-2308.
TN Code § 66-23-109 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 66 - Property|Chapter 23 - Authentication of Instruments by Witnesses|§ 66-23-109. Form of Subpoena

 The subpoena provided for in § 66-23-108 shall command the officer to summon the witnesses to appear before the clerk at the clerk's office, on a certain day specified in it, to give their evidence touching the execution of the instrument, or other authentication thereof, under a penalty of two hundred dollars ($200), to be recovered, in case of failure to attend, as other forfeitures for disobeying subpoenas.   Code 1858, § 2059 (deriv. Acts 1806, ch. 49, § 1); Shan., § 3736; Code 1932, § 7651; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 64-2309.