Connecticut § 1-61 “Acknowledged before me” defined.

Connecticut Statutes

§ 1-61 — “Acknowledged before me” defined.

Connecticut § 1-61

Title 1Provisions of General Application

Ch. 8Uniform Recognition of Acknowledgments Act

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Bluebook

Conn. Gen. Stat. § 1-61 (2026).

Text

The words “acknowledged before me” mean:

(1)That the person acknowledging appeared before the person taking the acknowledgment;

(2)that he acknowledged he executed the instrument;

(3)that, in the case of:

(A)A natural person, he executed the instrument for the purposes therein stated, (B) a corporation, the officer or agent acknowledged he held the position or title set forth in the instrument and certificate, he signed the instrument on behalf of the corporation by proper authority, and the instrument was the act of the corporation for the purpose therein stated, (C) a partnership, the partner or agent acknowledged he signed the instrument on behalf of the partnership by proper authority and he executed the instrument as the act of the partnership for the purposes therein stated, (D)

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The words “acknowledged before me” mean: (1) That the person acknowledging appeared before the person taking the acknowledgment; (2) that he acknowledged he executed the instrument; (3) that, in the case of: (A) A natural person, he executed the instrument for the purposes therein stated, (B) a corporation, the officer or agent acknowledged he held the position or title set forth in the instrument and certificate, he signed the instrument on behalf of the corporation by proper authority, and the instrument was the act of the corporation for the purpose therein stated, (C) a partnership, the partner or agent acknowledged he signed the instrument on behalf of the partnership by proper authority and he executed the instrument as the act of the partnership for the purposes therein stated, (D) a person acknowledging as principal by an attorney in fact, he executed the instrument by proper authority as the act of the principal for the purposes therein stated and (E) a person acknowledging as a public officer, trustee, administrator, guardian, or other representative, he signed the instrument by proper authority and he executed the instrument in the capacity and for the purposes therein stated; and (4) that the person taking the acknowledgment either knew or had satisfactory evidence that the person acknowledging was the person named in the instrument or certificate.

Legislative History

(1969, P.A. 270, S. 5.) History: (Revisor's note: In 1995 the Revisors substituted editorially the letters (A), (B), (C), (D) and (E) for (i), (ii), (iii), (iv) and (v) in Subdiv. (3) for consistency with statutory usage).