§ 47-19-32 — Certification of acknowledgments or proof of instruments - Officer's certificate - How authenticated

certificate - How authenticated.
An officer taking and certifying an acknowledgment or proof of an instrument for record must
authenticate the officer's certificate by affixing thereto:
1. The officer's signature followed by the name of the officer's office; and
2. The officer's seal of office, if by the laws of the territory, state, or country where the
acknowledgment or proof is taken, or by authority of which the officer is acting, the
officer is required to have an official seal.
A judge or clerk of a court of record must authenticate that officer's certificate by affixing thereto
the seal of the judge's or clerk's court. A mayor of a city must authenticate that officer's
certificate by affixing thereto the seal of the mayor's city.