North Dakota § 47-19-22 Knowledge required by officer of subscribing witness in taking proof

North Dakota Statutes

§ 47-19-22 — Knowledge required by officer of subscribing witness in taking proof

North Dakota § 47-19-22

Title 47Property

Ch. 47-19Record Title

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N.D. Cent. Code § 47-19-22 (2026).

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If proof of the execution of an instrument is made by a subscribing witness, such witness
must be known personally to the officer taking the proof to be the person whose name is
subscribed to the instrument as a witness or must be proved to be such by the oath of a credible
witness. The subscribing witness must prove that the person whose name is subscribed to the
instrument as a party is the person described in it, that such person executed it, and that the
witness subscribed the witness's name thereto as a witness.

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If proof of the execution of an instrument is made by a subscribing witness, such witness
must be known personally to the officer taking the proof to be the person whose name is
subscribed to the instrument as a witness or must be proved to be such by the oath of a credible
witness. The subscribing witness must prove that the person whose name is subscribed to the
instrument as a party is the person described in it, that such person executed it, and that the
witness subscribed the witness's name thereto as a witness.