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2016 Nebraska Revised Statutes
Chapter 76 - REAL PROPERTY
76-216 Deeds; acknowledgment required.

NE Code § 76-216 (2016) What's This?

76-216. Deeds; acknowledgment required.

The grantor must acknowledge the instrument with an acknowledgment as defined in section 64-205.

Source

  • R.S.1866, c. 43, § 2, p. 280;
  • R.S.1913, § 6197;
  • C.S.1922, § 5596;
  • C.S.1929, § 76-202;
  • R.S.1943, § 76-216;
  • Laws 1978, LB 668, § 1.

Annotations

  • Acknowledgment must show voluntary execution. Keeling v. Hoyt, 31 Neb. 453, 48 N.W. 66 (1891); Aultman & Taylor Co. v. Jenkins, 19 Neb. 209, 27 N.W. 117 (1886).

  • Acknowledgment that it was their voluntary act was good. Spitznagle v. Vanhessch, 13 Neb. 338, 14 N.W. 417 (1882).

  • Substantial compliance with statute is necessary and sufficient. Becker v. Anderson, 11 Neb. 493, 9 N.W. 640 (1881).

  • Acknowledgment is no part of deed itself. Burbank v. Ellis, 7 Neb. 156 (1878).

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