Tennessee Code Annotated

Tenn. Code Ann. § 66-22-108 (2026)

Acknowledgment for record of corporate or partnership instrument

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(a) The authentication or acknowledgment for record of a deed or other instrument in writing executed by a corporation, whether it has a seal or not, shall be good and sufficient, when made in substantially the following form:
State of Tennessee )
County of ______________ )
Before me, ______________ of the state and county mentioned, personally appeared ______________, with whom I am personally acquainted (or proved to me on the basis of satisfactory evidence), and who, upon oath, acknowledged such person to be president (or other officer authorized to execute the instrument) of ______________, the within named bargainor, a corporation, and that such president or officer as such ______________, executed the foregoing instrument for the purpose therein contained, by personally signing the name of the corporation as ____________________.
Witness my hand and seal, at office in ______________, this ____________________ day of ______________.
Or, alternatively as follows:
State of Tennessee )
County of ______________ )
On this ____________________ day of ____________________, 20____________________, before me appear A. B., to me personally known (or proved to me on the basis of satisfactory evidence), who, being by me duly sworn (or affirmed) did say that such person is the president (or other officer or agent of the corporation or association) of (describing the corporation or association), and that the seal affixed to the instrument is the corporate seal of the corporation (or association), and that the instrument was signed and sealed in behalf of the corporation (or association), by authority of its Board of Directors (or Trustees) and A. B. acknowledged the instrument to be the free act and deed of the corporation (or association).
(In case the corporation or association has no corporate seal, omit the words "the seal affixed to the instrument is the corporate seal of the corporation or association and that," and add at the end of the affidavit clause, the words "and that the corporation (or association) has no corporate seal"). (In all cases add signature and title of officer taking the acknowledgment.)

(b)
- (1) The authentication or acknowledgment for record of a deed or other instrument in writing executed by a partnership shall be good and sufficient when made in substantially the following form:
  State of Tennessee )
  County of ______________ )
  Before me, ______________, of the state and county aforementioned, personally appeared ______________, with whom I am personally acquainted (or proved to me on the basis of satisfactory evidence), and who, upon oath, acknowledged such person to be a partner of ______________, the within named bargainor, a partnership, and that such person, as such partner, executed the foregoing instrument for the purpose therein contained, by signing the name of the partnership by such person as partner.
  Witness my hand and seal, this ______________ day of ______________, ______________.
- (2) The signing of a certificate of acknowledgment for a partnership will not change any requirement of the partnership agreement itself.

Acts 1899, ch. 187, § 1; Shan., § 3747a1; Acts 1919, ch. 48, § 1; Shan. Supp., § 3747a2; Code 1932, § 7663; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 64-2208; Acts 1982, ch. 800, §§ 1, 2; 1983, ch. 158, §§ 4-8.

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 5 cases, 1983–2002 · leading case: 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).

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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). · cites it 16× “The Bank denies the acknowledgments are defective, insisting that they substantially comply with the statutory requirements of Tenn.Code Ann. § 66-22-108 (Supp.1982). The Bank also maintains it holds a valid deed of trust against a 0.”

In Re Hutchens, 69 B.R. 402 (Bankr. E.D. Tenn. 1987). · cites it 8× “(In all cases add signature and title of officer taking the acknowledgment.”

REM Enter., Ltd. v. Frye, 937 S.W.2d 920 (Tenn. Ct. App. 1996). · cites it 2× “T.C.A. § 66-22-108 sets forth the form used for authentication of a deed.”

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…”

Don Huckaby Plumbing Co. v. Cardinal Indus. Mortg. Co., 848 S.W.2d 57 (Tenn. 1993). · cites it 2× “§ 66-22-101 provides that "[t]o authenticate an instrument for registration, its execution shall be acknowledged by the maker_” T.C.A. § 66-22-108 provides a form to be used for this purpose when the maker is a corporation or partnership.”

— Tenn. Code Ann. § 66-22-108(a) — 2 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 Bank denies the acknowledgments are defective, insisting that they substantially comply with the statutory requirements of Tenn.Code Ann. § 66-22-108 (Supp.1982). The Bank also maintains it holds a valid deed of trust against a 0.”

In Re Hutchens, 69 B.R. 402 (Bankr. E.D. Tenn. 1987). “(In all cases add signature and title of officer taking the acknowledgment.”

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