Code of the District of Columbia

Chapter 1. Acknowledgments.

Subchapter I. General.

Part A. Acknowledgments of Deeds.

§ 42–101. No acknowledgment of deed by attorney. [Repealed]

Repealed.

Part B. Acknowledgment in U.S. Territories.

§ 42–111. Acknowledgments in Guam, Samoa, and Canal Zone.

Deeds and other instruments affecting land situate in the District of Columbia may be acknowledged in the islands of Guam and Samoa or in the Canal Zone before any notary public or judge, appointed therein by proper authority, or by any officer therein who has ex officio the powers of a notary public; provided, that the certificate by such notary in Guam, Samoa, or the Canal Zone, as the case may be, shall be accompanied by the certificate of the governor or acting governor of such place to the effect that the notary taking said acknowledgment was in fact the officer he purported to be; and any deeds or other instruments affecting lands so situate, so acknowledged since the 1st day of January, 1905, and accompanied by such certificate shall have the same effect as such deeds or other instruments hereafter so acknowledged and certified.

§ 42–112. Acknowledgments in Philippine Islands and Puerto Rico.

Deeds and other instruments affecting land situate in the District of Columbia may be acknowledged in the Philippine Islands and Puerto Rico before any notary public appointed therein by proper authority, or any officer therein who has ex officio the powers of a notary public; provided, that the certificate by such notary in the Philippine Islands or in Puerto Rico, as the case may be, shall be accompanied by the certificate of the Executive Secretary of Puerto Rico, or the Governor or Attorney General of the Philippine Islands to the effect that the notary taking said acknowledgment was in fact the officer he purported to be.

Part C. Repealed Provisions.

§ 42–121. Manner of acknowledgment; form of certificate [Repealed]

Repealed.

§ 42–122. Acknowledgment out of District [Repealed]

Repealed.

§ 42–123. Acknowledgment in foreign country [Repealed]

Repealed.

§ 42–124. Certain defective acknowledgments prior to March 3, 1879, validated. [Repealed]

Repealed.

§ 42–125. Certain defective deeds and acknowledgments prior to January 1, 1969, validated [Repealed]

Repealed.

§ 42–126. Acknowledgments by married women — prior to April 10, 1869 [Repealed]

Repealed.

§ 42–127. Acknowledgments by married women — when validates defective power of attorney [Repealed]

Repealed.

§ 42–128. Validation of deeds made without acknowledgment prior to January 1, 1902 [Repealed]

Repealed.

§ 42–129. Acts of Congress and Acts of Maryland cumulative as to deeds prior to January 1, 1902 [Repealed]

Repealed.

Subchapter II. Uniform Notarial Acts. [Repealed] [Repealed]

§ 42–141. Definitions. [Repealed]

Repealed.

§ 42–142. Notarial acts. [Repealed]

Repealed.

§ 42–143. Notarial acts in the District. [Repealed]

Repealed.

§ 42–144. Notarial acts in other jurisdictions of the United States. [Repealed]

Repealed.

§ 42–145. Notarial acts under federal authority. [Repealed]

Repealed.

§ 42–146. Foreign notarial acts. [Repealed]

Repealed.

§ 42–147. Certificate of notarial acts. [Repealed]

Repealed.

§ 42–148. Short forms. [Repealed]

Repealed.