Alabama Code 35-4-29. Form of acknowledgment
Terms Used In Alabama Code 35-4-29
- Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
- following: means next after. See Alabama Code 1-1-1
- person: includes a corporation as well as a natural person. See Alabama Code 1-1-1
- state: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the several territories of the United States. See Alabama Code 1-1-1
The following are substantially the forms of acknowledgment to be used in this state, on conveyances and instruments of every description admitted to record:
| ACKNOWLEDGMENT FOR INDIVIDUAL |
| The State of ________} |
| ____________County} |
I (name and style of officer) hereby certify that ______ whose name is signed to the foregoing conveyance, and who is known to me, acknowledged before me on this day that, being informed of the contents of the conveyance, he executed the same voluntarily on the day the same bears date. Given under my hand this _____ day of _____, A. D. 20__.
| A. B. Judge, etc. (or as the case may be) |
| ACKNOWLEDGMENT FOR CORPORATION |
| The State of ________} |
| ____________County} |
I, _____, a ______ in and for said County in said State, hereby certify that _____ whose name as _____ of the _____, a corporation, is signed to the foregoing conveyance and who is known to me, acknowledged before me on this day that, being informed of the contents of the conveyance, he, as such officer and with full authority, executed the same voluntarily for and as the act of said corporation.
| Given under my hand this the _____ day of _____, 20__ |
| _________ |
| (Style of Officer) |
| ACKNOWLEDGMENT FOR AN OFFICIAL OR OTHER PERSON IN REPRESENTATIVE CAPACITY |
| The State of ________} |
| ____________County} |
I, _____, a _____, in and for said County in said State, hereby certify that _____, whose name as _____ (here state representative capacity) is signed to the foregoing conveyance and who is known to me, acknowledged before me on this day that, being informed of the contents of the conveyance, he, in his capacity as such ______, executed the same voluntarily on the day the same bears date.
| Given under my hand this the _____ day of _____, 20__ |
| _________ |
| (Style of Officer) |
| ACKNOWLEDGMENT FOR CORPORATION, IN REPRESENTATIVE CAPACITY |
| The State of ________} |
| ____________County} |
I, _____, a _____ in and for said County, in said State, hereby certify that _____ whose name as _____ of _____, a corporation as _____ of the estate of _____ (or as the case may be) is signed to the foregoing _____, and who is known to me, acknowledged before me on this day, that being informed of the contents of said _____, he, as such officer, and with full authority, executed the same voluntarily for and as the act of said corporation, acting in its capacity as _____ as aforesaid.
| Given under my hand this the _____ day of _____, 20__ |
| _________ |
| (Style of Officer) |