Terms Used In Missouri Laws 486.120

  • Acknowledgment: a notarial act in which an individual at a single time and place:

    (a) Appears in person before the notary and presents a document. See Missouri Laws 486.600

  • State: when applied to any of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the territories, and the words "United States" includes such district and territories. See Missouri Laws 1.020

An acknowledgment or proof so taken according to the laws of this state, and certified to by any such commissioner, under his seal of office, if there is one annexed to or endorsed on the instrument, has the same force and effect as if the same had been made before a judge or associate circuit judge, or any other officer authorized to perform the act in this state.