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Ala. Code § 35-4-23 (2026)

Acknowledgment - Operates as Compliance with Witness Requirements.

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The acknowledgment provided for in this article operates as a compliance with the requisitions of section 35-4-20 upon the subject of witnesses.

(Code 1852, §1267; Code 1867, §1536; Code 1876, §2146; Code 1886, §1790; Code 1896, §984; Code 1907, §3357; Code 1923, §6840; Code 1940, T. 47, §24.)

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 7 cases (3 in the last 5 years), 1989–2022 · leading case: Constantine v. US Fid. & Guar. Co., 545 So. 2d 750 (Ala. 1989).
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Constantine v. US Fid. & Guar. Co., 545 So. 2d 750 (Ala. 1989). “Plaintiff signed the mortgage before it was presented to the notary.”
Health Sci. Prods., Inc. v. Taylor (In Re Health Sci. Prods., Inc.), 183 B.R. 903 (Bankr. N.D. Ala. 1995). “§ 35-4-23 — Acknowledgment—Operates as compliance with witness requirements.”
JLJ, Inc. v. Rush Bldg. Co. (In re JLJ, Inc.), 115 B.R. 324 (Bankr. N.D. Ala. 1990). · cites it 2× “Code § 35-4-20 (1975), or an acknowledgment before a notary public, as provided by Ala.Code § 35-4-23 (1975). Ala.Code § 35-4-25 *331 (1975) validates an acknowledgment of a conveyance to or by a corporation taken by a notary public who is not an officer of and owns not more…”
Smith v. Walker, 91 So. 3d 77 (Ala. Civ. App. 2012). “§ 35-4-23, Ala.Code 1975. There is no question that all the defendants signed the quitclaim deeds at issue in this case.”
Leo v. Deutsche Bank Nat'l Trust Co. (Bankr. N.D. Ala. 2022). “Code § 35-4-23 (1975) then provides that the witness requirement may be met by a proper acknowledgement before an authorized officer, such as a notary public.”
Bone v. Strickland (Bankr. N.D. Ala. 2021). “CODE § 35-4-23 (1975). 4 Personal property in Alabama includes “money, goods, chattels, things in action and evidence of debt, deeds and conveyances.”
Angie Wynn Strickland (Bankr. N.D. Ala. 2021). “CODE § 35-4-23 (1975). 4 Personal property in Alabama includes “money, goods, chattels, things in action and evidence of debt, deeds and conveyances.”
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