{"data":{"id":"us-wv/w.-va.-code-39-1-4","jurisdiction":"us-wv","citation":"W. Va. Code § 39-1-4","heading":"Form of certificate of acknowledgment.","body":"The certificate of acknowledgment mentioned in the preceding section may be in form or effect as follows:\nState (territory or district) of ................., county of .........................., to wit:\nI, ........., recorder of said municipality; or I, .............., a notary public of said county; or I, ............., a clerk of the ................... court of said county; (or other officer or person authorized to take acknowledgments by section three of this article, as the case may be), do certify that ..........................., whose name (or names) is (or are) signed to the writing above (or hereto annexed) bearing date on the .......... day of ................, 20 ........., has (or have) this day acknowledged the same before me, in my said .....................\nGiven under my hand this ....... day of .........., 20 .......","path":["CHAPTER 39. RECORDS AND PAPERS.","ARTICLE 1. AUTHENTICATION AND RECORD OF WRITINGS."],"source_url":"https://code.wvlegislature.gov/39-1-4/","current_through":"as of 2026-08-03; contains at least the enactments of the 2026 Regular Session","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-06T00:29:21Z","sha256":"cacc2e8df0824bae9d23139574fe519a44bb8b9384c2b91a8ee764c290adadbc","source_id":"us-wv","stale":true,"prev":"us-wv/w.-va.-code-39-1-3","next":"us-wv/w.-va.-code-39-1-4a"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}