Oklahoma § 16-35 - Acknowledgment to be under seal - Before whom taken

§ 16-35. Acknowledgment to be under seal - Before whom taken

Every acknowledgment must be under seal of the officer taking

the same; and when taken in this state, it may be taken before any

notary public, county clerk, clerk of the district court, clerk of

the county court, or county judge; and when taken elsewhere in the

United States, or United States possessions, or Canada (including

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Newfoundland), it may be taken before any notary public, clerk of a

court of record, or commissioner of deeds duly appointed by the

Governor of the state for the county, state or territory where the

same is taken; and when taken in any other foreign country, it may

be taken before any court of record or clerk of such court, or

before any Consul of the United States, provided, that

acknowledgments relating to military business of the state may be

taken before an officer in charge of any summary Court-Martial

appointed under the provisions of Section 157, Title 44, Oklahoma

Statutes, 1941, a certified copy of whose appointment is placed of

record in the office of the Secretary of State by the Adjutant

General.

R.L.1910, § 1181. Amended by Laws 1913, c. 226, p. 604, § 1, emerg.

eff. July 1, 1913; Laws 1935, p. 200, § 1, emerg. eff. March 23,

1935; Laws 1945, p. 41, § 1, emerg. eff. April 16, 1945.