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KRS 423.150: Certificate of acknowledgment.

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  1. KRS Chapter 423

The words "acknowledged before me" mean:

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

acknowledgment;

(2) That he acknowledged he executed the instrument;

(3) That, in the case of:

(a) A natural person, he executed the instrument for the purposes therein stated;

(b) A corporation, the officer or agent acknowledged he held the position or title

set forth in the instrument and certificate, he signed the instrument on behalf

of the corporation by proper authority, and the instrument was the act of the

corporation for the purpose therein stated;

(c) A partnership, the partner or agent acknowledged he signed the instrument on

behalf of the partnership by proper authority and he executed the instrument as

the act of the partnership for the purpose therein stated;

(d) A person ackn owledging as principal by an attorney in fact, he executed the

instrument by proper authority as the act of the principal for the purposes

therein stated;

(e) A person acknowledging as a public officer, trustee, administrator, guardian,

or other representa tive, he signed the instrument by proper authority and he

executed the instrument in the capacity and for the purposes therein stated;

and

(4) That the person taking the acknowledgment either knew or had satisfactory

evidence that the person acknowledging was the person named in the instrument or

certificate.

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