Connecticut § 1-34 - Certificate of officer.
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§ 1-34. Certificate of officer.
Sec. 1-34. Certificate of officer. An officer taking the acknowledgment shall endorse thereon or attach thereto a certificate substantially in one of the following forms:
(1) By individuals:
State of ....
County of ....
On this the .... day of ...., 20.., before me, ...., the undersigned officer, personally appeared ...., known to me (or satisfactorily proven) to be the person whose name .... subscribed to the within instrument and acknowledged that .... he .... executed the same for the purposes therein contained.
In witness whereof I hereunto set my hand.
....
....
Title of Officer.
(2) By a corporation:
State of ....
County of ....
On this the .... day of ...., 20.., before me, ...., the undersigned officer, personally appeared .... who acknowledged himself to be the .... of ...., a corporation, and that he, as such ...., being authorized so to do, executed the foregoing instrument for the purposes therein contained, by signing the name of the corporation by himself as ....
In witness whereof I hereunto set my hand.
....
....
Title of Officer.
(3) By an attorney in fact:
State of ....
County of ....
On this the .... day of ...., 20.., before me, ...., the undersigned officer, personally appeared ...., known to me (or satisfactorily proven) to be the person whose name is subscribed as attorney in fact for ...., and acknowledged that he executed the same as the act of his principal for the purposes therein contained.
In witness whereof I hereunto set my hand.
....
....
Title of Officer.
(4) By any public officer or deputy thereof, or by any trustee, administrator, guardian, or executor:
State of ....
County of ....
On this the .... day of ...., 20.., before me, ...., the undersigned officer, personally appeared ...., of the State (County or City as the case may be) of ...., known to me (or satisfactorily proven) to be the person described in the foregoing instrument, and acknowledged that he executed the same in the capacity therein stated and for the purposes therein contained.
In witness whereof I hereunto set my hand.
....
....
Title of Officer.
(5) By a limited liability company:
State of ....
County of ....
On this the .... day of ...., 20.., before me, ...., the undersigned officer, personally appeared .... who acknowledged himself to be the .... of ...., a (member managed or manager managed) limited liability company, and that he, as such ...., being authorized so to do, executed the foregoing instrument for the purposes therein contained, by signing the name of the limited liability company by himself as ....
In witness whereof I hereunto set my hand.
....
....
Title of Officer.
(6) By a registered limited liability partnership:
State of ....
County of ....
On this the .... day of ...., 20.., before me, ...., the undersigned officer, personally appeared .... who acknowledged himself to be the .... of ...., a registered limited liability partnership, and that he, as such ...., being authorized so to do, executed the foregoing instrument for the purposes therein contained, by signing the name of the registered limited liability partnership by himself as ....
In witness whereof I hereunto set my hand.
....
....
Title of Officer.
(1961, P.A. 65, S. 7; February, 1965, P.A. 226; P.A. 04-132, S. 2.)
History: 1965 act removed requirement officer affix seal; (Revisor's note: In 2001 the references in this section to the date “19..” were changed editorially by the Revisors to “20..” to reflect the new millennium); P.A. 04-132 added Subdivs. (5) and (6) re forms for limited liability company and registered limited liability partnership, respectively.
See Sec. 52-262 re fee for taking of acknowledgment.
Cited. 176 C. 17.
Source: official Connecticut text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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