Tennessee Code Annotated
Tenn. Code Ann. § 66-22-107 (2026)
Form of certificate of acknowledgment
✓ current as of May 2026
- (a) If the acknowledgment is made before a county clerk or deputy, or clerk and master, or notary public, or before any of the officers out of the state who are commissioned or accredited to act at the place where the acknowledgment is taken, and having an official seal, viz: those named in §§ 66-22-103 and 66-22-104, and, also, any consular officer of the United States having an official seal, such officer shall write upon or annex to the instrument the following certificate, in which the officer shall set forth such officer's official capacity:
State of Tennessee )
County of ______________ )
Personally appeared before me, (name of clerk or deputy), clerk (or deputy clerk) of this county, (bargainor's name), the within named bargainor, with whom I am personally acquainted (or proved to me on the basis of satisfactory evidence), and who acknowledged that such person executed the within instrument for the purposes therein contained.
Witness my hand, at office, this ____________________ day of ____________________, 20____________________.
- (b) Or, in the alternative, the following certificate, in case of natural persons acting in their own right:
State of Tennessee )
County of ______________ )
On this ____________________ day of ____________________, 20____________________, before me personally appeared ______________, to me known to be the person (or persons) described in and who executed the foregoing instrument, and acknowledged that such person (or persons) executed the same as such person's (or persons') free act and deed.
- (c) Or, in case of natural persons acting by attorney:
State of Tennessee )
County of ______________ )
On this ____________________ day of ____________________, 20____________________, before me personally appeared ______________, to me known (or proved to me on the basis of satisfactory evidence) to be the person who executed the foregoing instrument in behalf of ____________________ acknowledged that such person executed the same as the free act and deed of ____________________.
Code 1858, § 2042 (deriv. Acts 1831, ch. 90, § 3); Shan., §3717; Acts 1919, ch. 48, § 1; Shan. Supp. § 3747a2; mod. Code 1932, § 7634; impl. am. Acts 1978, ch. 934, §§ 22, 36; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 64-2207; Acts 1983, ch. 158, §§ 2, 3.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 14
cases, 1983–2008 · leading case: McAllester v. Aldridge (In Re Anderson), 30 B.R. 995 (M.D. Tenn. 1983).
McAllester v. Aldridge (In Re Anderson), 30 B.R. 995 (M.D. Tenn. 1983). “Tenn.Code Ann. § 66-22-107 (1982) provides: “Form of certificate of acknowledgment.”
In Re Crim, 81 S.W.3d 764 (Tenn. 2002). “§§ 66-22-107, 66-22-108, and 66-22-114, which provide forms for certificates of acknowledgment.”
In Re Akins, 87 S.W.3d 488 (Tenn. 2002). “Section 66-22-107 includes the following: a) If the acknowledgment is made before a county clerk or deputy, or clerk and master, or notary public, or before any of the officers out of the state who are commissioned or accredited to act at the place where the acknowledgment is…”
Collins v. Binkley, 750 S.W.2d 737 (Tenn. 1988). “However, the acknowledgement of each deed failed to contain the words "with whom I am personally acquainted" as provided in Tenn. Code Ann. § 66-22-107 . [1] Following delivery of the deeds by the grantor Anderson to the plaintiffs, each plaintiff delivered his deed to the…”
David Leonard Assocs., P.C. v. Airport-81 Nursing Care, Inc. (In Re Airport-81 Nursing Care, Inc.), 29 B.R. 501 (Bankr. E.D. Tenn. 1983). “The certificate of acknowledgment thereto recites: [[Image here]] This form of acknowledgment certificate is essentially identical to the form recited in Tenn.Code Ann. § 66-22-107(a)' (1982). The debtor, however, is a corporation.”
In Re Bushee, 319 B.R. 542 (Bankr. E.D. Tenn. 2004). “Witness my hand, at office, this_ day of_, 20_ Tenn. Code Ann. § 66-22-107 (2004). Similarly, Tennessee Code Annotated section 66-22-114 states as follows: Certificate of acknowledgment forim — ■ (a) If the acknowledgment is made before any of the officers who are authorized to…”
Walker v. Midland Mortg. Co. (In Re Medlin), 201 B.R. 188 (Bankr. E.D. Tenn. 1996). “§ 66-22-107 (1993), which provides in material part: (a) If the acknowledgment is made before a county clerk or deputy, or clerk and master, or notary public, or before any of the officers out of the state who are commissioned or accredited to act at the place where the…”
Eva M. Lemeh, Tr. v. Emc Mortg. Corp., 81 S.W.3d 764 (Tenn. 2002). “d _, to me known (or proved to me on the basis of satisfactory evidence) to be the person who executed the foregoing instrument in behalf of_ acknowledged that such person executed the same as the free act and deed of_ *769 Rather than incorporating this form of acknowledgment,…”
Davis v. World Sav. Bank (In Re Androes), 382 B.R. 805 (Bankr. D. Kan. 2008). “See also Tenn.Code Ann. § 66-22-107. 16 . Mathewson v.”
Twinton Props. P'ship v. Nidiffer (In Re Twinton Props. P'ship), 44 B.R. 426 (Bankr. M.D. Tenn. 1984). “§ 66-22-107 explicitly provides that the probating officer shall use the form of certificate of acknowledgement set forth in the statute.”
In Re Hutchens, 69 B.R. 402 (Bankr. E.D. Tenn. 1987). “) The certificate of acknowledgement on the December 18, 1985, “Substitution Of Trustee” executed by the FSLIC does not conform to the form of acknowledgement for record of corporate instruments required in Tennessee under Tenn.Code Ann. § 66-22-108(a) (Supp.1986).”
In Re: Ronald Lebron Akins, Sr. (Tenn. 2002). “Section 66-22-107 includes the following: a) If the acknowledgment is made before a county clerk or deputy, or clerk and master, or notary public, or before any of the officers out of -3- the state who are commissioned or accredited to act at the place where the acknowledgment…”
— Tenn. Code Ann. § 66-22-107(a) — 3 cases
David Leonard Assocs., P.C. v. Airport-81 Nursing Care, Inc. (In Re Airport-81 Nursing Care, Inc.), 29 B.R. 501 (Bankr. E.D. Tenn. 1983). “The certificate of acknowledgment thereto recites: [[Image here]] This form of acknowledgment certificate is essentially identical to the form recited in Tenn.Code Ann. § 66-22-107(a)' (1982). The debtor, however, is a corporation.”
In Re Akins, 87 S.W.3d 488 (Tenn. 2002). “Section 66-22-107 includes the following: a) If the acknowledgment is made before a county clerk or deputy, or clerk and master, or notary public, or before any of the officers out of the state who are commissioned or accredited to act at the place where the acknowledgment is…”
In Re: Ronald Lebron Akins, Sr. (Tenn. 2002). “Section 66-22-107 includes the following: a) If the acknowledgment is made before a county clerk or deputy, or clerk and master, or notary public, or before any of the officers out of -3- the state who are commissioned or accredited to act at the place where the acknowledgment…”
— Tenn. Code Ann. § 66-22-107(b) — 2 cases
In Re Crim, 81 S.W.3d 764 (Tenn. 2002). “§§ 66-22-107, 66-22-108, and 66-22-114, which provide forms for certificates of acknowledgment.”
Eva M. Lemeh, Tr. v. Emc Mortg. Corp., 81 S.W.3d 764 (Tenn. 2002). “d _, to me known (or proved to me on the basis of satisfactory evidence) to be the person who executed the foregoing instrument in behalf of_ acknowledged that such person executed the same as the free act and deed of_ *769 Rather than incorporating this form of acknowledgment,…”
— Tenn. Code Ann. § 66-22-107(c) — 2 cases
In Re Crim, 81 S.W.3d 764 (Tenn. 2002). “§§ 66-22-107, 66-22-108, and 66-22-114, which provide forms for certificates of acknowledgment.”
Eva M. Lemeh, Tr. v. Emc Mortg. Corp., 81 S.W.3d 764 (Tenn. 2002). “d _, to me known (or proved to me on the basis of satisfactory evidence) to be the person who executed the foregoing instrument in behalf of_ acknowledged that such person executed the same as the free act and deed of_ *769 Rather than incorporating this form of acknowledgment,…”
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