Tennessee Code Annotated
Tenn. Code Ann. § 66-22-114 (2026)
Certificate of acknowledgment form
✓ current as of May 2026
- (a) If the acknowledgment is made before any of the officers who are authorized to take such acknowledgment under this chapter or any consular officer of the United States having an official seal, such officer shall write upon or annex to the instrument a certificate of acknowledgment. The following form shall constitute a valid certificate of acknowledgment:
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County of ______________ )
Personally appeared before me, (name of officer), (official capacity of officer), (name of the natural person executing the instrument), with whom I am personally acquainted, and who acknowledged that such person executed the within instrument for the purposes therein contained (the following to be included only where the natural person is executing as agent), and who further acknowledged that such person is the (identification of the agency position of the natural person executing the instrument, such as "attorney-in-fact" or "president" or "general partner") of the maker or a constituent of the maker and is authorized by the maker or by its constituent, the constituent being authorized by the maker, to execute this instrument on behalf of the maker.
Witness my hand, at office, this ____________________ day of ______________, 20____________________.
- (b) Any certificate clearly evidencing intent to authenticate, acknowledge or verify a document shall constitute a valid certificate of acknowledgment for purposes of this chapter and for any other purpose for which such certificate may be used under the law. It is the legislative intent that no specific form or wording be required in such certificate and that the ownership of property, or the determination of any other right or obligation, shall not be affected by the inclusion or omission of any specific words.
Acts 1986, ch. 717, § 2; 1987, ch. 125, §§ 1, 2.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 6
cases, 1990–2007 · leading case: In Re Akins, 87 S.W.3d 488 (Tenn. 2002).
In Re Akins, 87 S.W.3d 488 (Tenn. 2002). “Section 66-22-114(a), which contains an alternative “universal” *492 form of certificate of acknowledgment, states: If the acknowledgment be made before any of the officers who are authorized to take such acknowledgment under the provisions of this chapter or any consular…”
In Re Bushee, 319 B.R. 542 (Bankr. E.D. Tenn. 2004). “Tenn. Code Ann. § 66-22-114 (2004). In line with the substantial compliance test of section 66-22-114(b), the General Assembly has reiterated the following premise: Omission of words from certificate.”
D.T. McCall & Sons v. Seagraves, 796 S.W.2d 457 (Tenn. Ct. App. 1990). “Thus, we have determined that Tenn. Code Ann. § 66-22-114 (b) cannot be used to supply the missing language showing that Mr.”
In Re: Ronald Lebron Akins, Sr. (Tenn. 2002). “Section 66-22-114(a), which contains an alternative “universal” form of certificate of acknowledgment, states: If the acknowledgment be made before any of the officers who are authorized to take such acknowledgment under the provisions of this chapter or any consular officer of…”
Mostoller v. Equity One, Inc. (In Re Hickman), 367 B.R. 620 (Bankr. E.D. Tenn. 2007). “Tenn.Code Ann. § 66-22-114(b) (2004). 6 .”
Gregory v. Ocwen Fed Bank (6th Cir. 2004). “legislature has provided statutory forms that fulfill the acknowledgment requirement, and all of the forms require the Tenn. Code Ann. § 66-22-114 (b) (emphasis added).”
Tenn. Code Ann. § 66-22-114(a): 2 cases
In Re Akins, 87 S.W.3d 488 (Tenn. 2002). “Section 66-22-114(a), which contains an alternative “universal” *492 form of certificate of acknowledgment, states: If the acknowledgment be made before any of the officers who are authorized to take such acknowledgment under the provisions of this chapter or any consular…”
In Re: Ronald Lebron Akins, Sr. (Tenn. 2002). “Section 66-22-114(a), which contains an alternative “universal” form of certificate of acknowledgment, states: If the acknowledgment be made before any of the officers who are authorized to take such acknowledgment under the provisions of this chapter or any consular officer of…”
Tenn. Code Ann. § 66-22-114(b): 5 cases
In Re Akins, 87 S.W.3d 488 (Tenn. 2002). “Section 66-22-114(a), which contains an alternative “universal” *492 form of certificate of acknowledgment, states: If the acknowledgment be made before any of the officers who are authorized to take such acknowledgment under the provisions of this chapter or any consular…”
In Re Bushee, 319 B.R. 542 (Bankr. E.D. Tenn. 2004). “Tenn. Code Ann. § 66-22-114 (2004). In line with the substantial compliance test of section 66-22-114(b), the General Assembly has reiterated the following premise: Omission of words from certificate.”
D.T. McCall & Sons v. Seagraves, 796 S.W.2d 457 (Tenn. Ct. App. 1990). “Thus, we have determined that Tenn. Code Ann. § 66-22-114 (b) cannot be used to supply the missing language showing that Mr.”
In Re: Ronald Lebron Akins, Sr. (Tenn. 2002). “Section 66-22-114(a), which contains an alternative “universal” form of certificate of acknowledgment, states: If the acknowledgment be made before any of the officers who are authorized to take such acknowledgment under the provisions of this chapter or any consular officer of…”
Mostoller v. Equity One, Inc. (In Re Hickman), 367 B.R. 620 (Bankr. E.D. Tenn. 2007). “Tenn.Code Ann. § 66-22-114(b) (2004). 6 .”
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