Delaware Code (Titles 8, 9, 25, 30)
25 Del. C. § 126
Certification of acknowledgments by justices of the peace; form
# (a)
Two justices of the peace, when taking or certifying an acknowledgment, shall be together; and a certificate of acknowledgment taken before them, may be according to the following form, viz:
State of Delaware
____ County
ss.
Be it remembered, that on the ____ day of ____, in the year of our Lord, two thousand and ____, personally came before me, the subscribers, two of the Justices of the Peace for ____ County aforesaid, ____ and ____, his wife, parties to this indenture known to us personally (or proved on the oath of ____), to be such, and severally acknowledged said indenture to be their act and deed respectively.
Witness our hands the day and year aforesaid.
# (b)
If the instrument acknowledged is not an indenture, the word “instrument” may be substituted for the word “indenture” in the form; if it is not under seal, the words “and deed” in the form shall be omitted. The certificate of acknowledgment may, in all cases, be according to the foregoing form. It may be varied in any case requiring a variance, the above form being given for general direction.
Amendment history
45 Del. Laws, c. 230, § 4; 70 Del. Laws, c. 186, § 1
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- 25-110 · Certificates of notaries public; validity
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- 25-122 · Acknowledgment and proof of deeds
- 25-123 · Certification of acknowledgment or proof
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- 25-125 · Place for taking acknowledgment or proof
- 25-126 · Certification of acknowledgments by justices of the peace; form
- 25-127 · Acknowledgment of corporate deeds or other instruments
- 25-128 · Certification of acknowledgments by Mayor of Wilmington; fee
- 25-129 · Acknowledgment or proof outside State
- 25-130 · Notarial acts by members of the armed forces
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- 25-133 · Address of grantee on deed
- 25-134 · Authentication and recognition of acknowledgments
- 25-135 · Tax ditch, tax lagoon, right-of-way, or assessment
- 25-151 · Recording of deeds and letters of attorney
- 25-152 · Recording as affecting lands in county of recording
- 25-153 · Priority of deed concerning lands or tenements
- 25-154 · Deeds and letters of attorney; recording at any time
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- 25-156 · Recording on date of sealing and delivery
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- 25-171 · Acknowledgment or proof
- 25-172 · Acknowledgment of deed after recording letter of attorney