Pennsylvania Act 1992-73 — UNIFORM ACKNOWLEDGEMENT ACT - AMEND

Act text

Session of 1992

No. 1992-73

HB 923

AN ACT

Amending the act of July 24, 1941 (P.L.490, No.188), entitled "An act relating to acknowledgments of written instruments, and to make uniform the law with relation thereto," further providing for certification of documents in the office of the recorder of deeds.

The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania hereby enacts as follows:

Section 1. Section 8 of the act of July 24, 1941 (P.L.490, No.188), known as the Uniform Acknowledgment Act, is amended to read:

Section 8. Execution of Certificate.--The certificate of the acknowledging officer shall be completed by his signature, his official seal, if he has one, the title of his office, and, if he is a notary public, the date his commission expires. The existence or absence of an embossed impression on documents left for recording in the office of the recorder of deeds may be disregarded by the recorder.

Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.

APPROVED--The 1st day of July, A. D. 1992.

ROBERT P. CASEY