2017 Maryland Code
State Government
Title 19 - Acknowledgments
Subtitle 1 - Maryland Uniform Acknowledgments Act
§ 19-107. Form of certificate
An officer taking the acknowledgment shall endorse the acknowledgment or attach to the acknowledgment a certificate substantially in one of the following forms:
(a) 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 .… .… executed the same for the
purposes therein contained.
In witness whereof I hereunto set my hand and official seal.
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Title of officer.
(b) 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
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In witness whereof I hereunto set my hand and official seal.
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Title of officer.
(c) 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 and official seal.
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Title of officer.
(d) 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 and official seal.
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Title of officer.
