Connecticut General Statutes
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 1-29 (2025)
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The acknowledgment of any instrument may be made in this state before: (1) A judge of a court of record or a family support magistrate; (2) a clerk or deputy clerk of a court having a seal; (3) a town clerk; (4) a notary public; (5) a justice of the peace; or (6) an attorney admitted to the bar of this state.
(1961, P.A. 65, S. 2; P.A. 87-316, S. 2; P.A. 03-278, S. 2.)
History: P.A. 87-316 authorized family support magistrates to take acknowledgments; P.A. 03-278 made a technical change in Subdiv. (3), effective July 9, 2003.
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Notes of Decisions
Cited in 7
cases, 2001–2018 · leading case: State v. Young, 778 A.2d 1015 (Conn. App. Ct. 2001).
State v. Young, 778 A.2d 1015 (Conn. App. Ct. 2001). “We decline to review that argument because it was not raised in the trial court. In a footnote in his principal brief to this court, the defendant notes that a statement acknowledged by a notary public is self-authenticating.”
Arciniega v. Feliciano, 184 A.3d 1202 (Conn. 2018). “Each separate sheet of such petition shall also be acknowledged before an appropriate person as provided in section 1-29. Any sheet of a petition filed with the registrar which does not contain such a statement by the circulator as to the authenticity of the signatures thereon,…”
Gonzalez v. Surgeon, 937 A.2d 24 (Conn. 2007). “Each separate sheet of such petition shall also be acknowledged before an appropriate person as provided in section 1-29. Any sheet of a petition filed with the registrar which does not contain such a statement by the circulator as to the authenticity of the signatures thereon,…”
Gonzalez v. Surgeon, 937 A.2d 13 (Conn. 2007). “Each separate sheet of such petition shall also be acknowledged before an appropriate person as provided in section 1-29. Any sheet of a petition filed with the registrar which does not contain such a statement by the circulator as to the authenticity of the signatures thereon,…”
Gonzalez v. Surgeon, 931 A.2d 833 (Conn. 2007). “Each separate sheet of such petition shall also be acknowledged before an appropriate person as provided in section 1-29. Any sheet oí a petition filed with the registrar which does not contain such a statement by the circulator as to the authenticity of the signatures thereon,…”
Gonzalez v. Surgeon, 931 A.2d 835 (Conn. 2007). “Each separate sheet of such petition shall also be acknowledged before an appropriate person as provided in section 1-29. Any sheet of a petition filed with the registrar which does not contain such a statement by the circulator as to the authenticity of the signatures thereon,…”
State v. Wright, 772 A.2d 739 (Conn. App. Ct. 2001). “The results on such analysis shall be recorded on a certificate signed by the person making the analysis, witnessed and acknowledged pursuant to section 1-29. Such certificate shall be prima *146 facie evidence of the composition and quality of such controlled drug [or]…”
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