2006 Code of Virginia § 55-118.5 - Meaning of "acknowledged before me."

55-118.5. Meaning of "acknowledged before me.".

The words "acknowledged before me" mean

(1) That the person acknowledging appeared before the person taking theacknowledgment,

(2) That he acknowledged he executed the instrument,

(3) That, in the case of:

(i) A natural person, he executed the instrument for the purposes thereinstated;

(ii) A corporation, the officer or agent acknowledged he held the position ortitle set forth in the instrument and certificate, he signed the instrumenton behalf of the corporation by proper authority, and the instrument was theact of the corporation for the purpose therein stated;

(iii) A partnership, the partner or agent acknowledged he signed theinstrument on behalf of the partnership by proper authority and he executedthe instrument as the act of the partnership for the purposes therein stated;

(iv) A person acknowledging as principal by an attorney in fact, he executedthe instrument by proper authority as the act of the principal for thepurposes therein stated; or

(v) A person acknowledging as a public officer, trustee, administrator,guardian, conservator or other representative, he signed the instrument byproper authority and he executed the instrument in the capacity and for thepurposes therein stated, and

(4) That the person taking the acknowledgment either knew or had satisfactoryevidence that the person acknowledging was the person named in the instrumentor certificate.

(1970, c. 719; 1997, c. 801.)