{"data":{"id":"us-sc/s.c.-code-ann.-26-3-40","jurisdiction":"us-sc","citation":"S.C. Code Ann. § 26-3-40","heading":"Substance of certification.","body":"The person taking an acknowledgment shall certify that:\n(1) The person acknowledging appeared before him and acknowledged he executed the instrument; and\n(2) The person acknowledging was known to the person taking the acknowledgment or that the person taking the acknowledgment had satisfactory evidence that the person acknowledging was the person described in and who executed the instrument.","path":["Title 26 - NOTARIES PUBLIC AND ACKNOWLEDGMENTS","CHAPTER 3 Uniform Recognition of Acknowledgments Act"],"source_url":"https://www.scstatehouse.gov/code/t26c003.php","current_through":"2025 Session of the General Assembly","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-02T06:54:49Z","sha256":"f7f3baba9f33aa79e51e3d7713842e3d8aa528ff2a662f055a8c181f11a6a24d","source_id":"us-sc","stale":false,"prev":"us-sc/s.c.-code-ann.-26-3-30","next":"us-sc/s.c.-code-ann.-26-3-50"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}