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Ala. Code § 35-4-29 (2026)

Form of Acknowledgment.

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The following are substantially the forms of acknowledgment to be used in this state, on conveyances and instruments of every description admitted to record:

ACKNOWLEDGMENT FOR INDIVIDUALThe State of ________}____________County}
I (name and style of officer) hereby certify that ______ whose name is signed to the foregoing conveyance, and who is known to me, acknowledged before me on this day that, being informed of the contents of the conveyance, he executed the same voluntarily on the day the same bears date. Given under my hand this _____ day of _____, A. D. 20__. A. B. Judge, etc. (or as the case may be)
ACKNOWLEDGMENT FOR CORPORATIONThe State of ________}____________County}
I, _____, a ______ in and for said County in said State, hereby certify that _____ whose name as _____ of the _____, a corporation, is signed to the foregoing conveyance and who is known to me, acknowledged before me on this day that, being informed of the contents of the conveyance, he, as such officer and with full authority, executed the same voluntarily for and as the act of said corporation. Given under my hand this the _____ day of _____, 20__ _________ (Style of Officer)
ACKNOWLEDGMENT FOR AN OFFICIAL OR OTHER PERSON IN REPRESENTATIVE CAPACITYThe State of ________}____________County}
I, _____, a _____, in and for said County in said State, hereby certify that _____, whose name as _____ (here state representative capacity) is signed to the foregoing conveyance and who is known to me, acknowledged before me on this day that, being informed of the contents of the conveyance, he, in his capacity as such ______, executed the same voluntarily on the day the same bears date. Given under my hand this the _____ day of _____, 20__ _________ (Style of Officer)
ACKNOWLEDGMENT FOR CORPORATION, IN REPRESENTATIVE CAPACITYThe State of ________}____________County}
I, _____, a _____ in and for said County, in said State, hereby certify that _____ whose name as _____ of _____, a corporation as _____ of the estate of _____ (or as the case may be) is signed to the foregoing _____, and who is known to me, acknowledged before me on this day, that being informed of the contents of said _____, he, as such officer, and with full authority, executed the same voluntarily for and as the act of said corporation, acting in its capacity as _____ as aforesaid.

Given under my hand this the _____ day of _____, 20__ _________ (Style of Officer)

(Code 1852, §1279; Code 1867, §1548; Code 1876, §2158; Code 1886, §1802; Code 1896, §996; Code 1907, §3361; Code 1923, §6845; Code 1940, T. 47, §30; Acts 1951, No. 85, p. 301.)

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 14 cases (3 in the last 5 years), 1979–2022 · 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). “NOTES [1] Code 1975, § 35-4-29, sets forth the form of acknowledgment, which includes a statement that the notary certifies that the signatory, "being informed of the contents of the conveyance," voluntarily executed the same.”
Sims v. Cox, 611 So. 2d 339 (Ala. 1992). “" Section 6-10-3 provides: "No mortgage, deed or other conveyance of the homestead by a married person shall be valid without the voluntary signature and assent of the husband or *341 wife, which must be shown by his or her examination before an officer authorized by law to take…”
Inman v. Goodson, 394 So. 2d 915 (Ala. 1981). “without the voluntary signature and assent of the husband or wife, which must be shown by his or her examination before an officer authorized by law to take acknowledgments of deeds, and the certificate of such offer upon, or attached to, such mortgage, deed or other conveyance,…”
Rch Iv-Wb, LLC v. Wolf Bay Partners, L.L.C., 78 So. 3d 395 (Ala. 2011). · cites it 2× “Code [1975,] § 35-4-29. When an acknowledgment is defective, the officer can become a witness for attestation.”
Hines v. Scottsboro Inv. Grp., LLC (In re Hines), 564 B.R. 736 (Bankr. N.D. Ala. 2017). “ithout the voluntary signature and assent of the husband or wife, which must be shown by his or her examination before an officer authorized by law to take acknowledgments of deeds, and the certificate of such officer upon, or attached to, such mortgage deed, or other…”
Goodwin v. Goodwin, 592 So. 2d 212 (Ala. 1991). “thout the voluntary signature and assent of the husband or wife, which must be shown by his or her examination before an officer authorized by law to take acknowledgments of deeds, and the certificate of such officer upon, or attached to, such mortgage, deed or other conveyance,…”
Gilley v. Daniel, 378 So. 2d 716 (Ala. 1979). “Code of 1975, § 6-10-3 provides: No mortgage, deed or other conveyance of the homestead by a married person shall be valid without the voluntary signature and assent of the husband or wife, which must be shown by his or her examination before an officer authorized by law to take…”
Terry v. Pielach, 681 So. 2d 152 (Ala. Civ. App. 1995). “out the voluntary signature and assent of the husband and wife, which must be shown by his or her examination before an officer authorized by law to take acknowledgments of deeds, and the certificate of such officer upon, or attached to, such mortgage, deed, or other conveyance,…”
In re Garrett, 77 B.R. 901 (Bankr. N.D. Ala. 1987). “ithout the voluntary signature and assent of the husband or wife, which must be shown by his or her examination before an officer authorized by law to take acknowledgments of deeds and the certificate of such officer upon, or attached to, such mortgage, deed or other conveyance,…”
Leo v. Deutsche Bank Nat'l Trust Co. (Bankr. N.D. Ala. 2022). · cites it 2× “22 Ala. Code § 35-4-29 (1975) provides the form of acknowledgement for an individual, on all conveyances and instruments to be made of record as follows: ACKNOWLEDGMENT FOR INDIVIDUAL The State of .”
Williams v. Fed. Nat'l Mortg. Ass'n (S.D. Ala. 2020). “hout the voluntary signature and assent of the husband or wife, which must be shown by his or her examination before an officer authorized by law to take acknowledgments of deeds, and the certificate of such officer upon, or attached to, such mortgage, deed, or other conveyance,…”
Leo v. Deutsche Bank Nat'l Trust Co. (Bankr. N.D. Ala. 2021). “out the voluntary signature and assent of the husband or wife, which must be shown by his or her examination before an officer authorized by law to take acknowledgements of deeds, and the certificate of such officer upon, or attached to, such mortgage, deed or other conveyance,…”
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