Rhode Island § 34-12-3 § 34-12-3. Acknowledgments in good faith before person claiming to be authorized — Penalty for misrepresentation.

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§ 34-12-3 — § 34-12-3. Acknowledgments in good faith before person claiming to be authorized — Penalty for misrepresentation.

Rhode Island § 34-12-3

Title 34Property

Ch. 34-12Acknowledgments and Notarial Acts

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R.I. Gen. Laws § 34-12-3 (2026).

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§ 34-12-3. Acknowledgments in good faith before person claiming to be authorized — Penalty for
               misrepresentation.
Any acknowledgment made in good faith before a person claiming to be one of the foregoing
            officials authorized to take acknowledgments within the respective jurisdictions as
            above, shall be valid, although the official before whom the acknowledgment is made
            was not duly qualified in that office; but every person who shall, within this state,
            wilfully take and certify to the taking of any such acknowledgment, without being
            lawfully qualified thereunto, shall be liable in a criminal proceeding to a fine not
            exceeding fifty d

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§ 34-12-3. Acknowledgments in good faith before person claiming to be authorized — Penalty for misrepresentation.

Any acknowledgment made in good faith before a person claiming to be one of the foregoing officials authorized to take acknowledgments within the respective jurisdictions as above, shall be valid, although the official before whom the acknowledgment is made was not duly qualified in that office; but every person who shall, within this state, wilfully take and certify to the taking of any such acknowledgment, without being lawfully qualified thereunto, shall be liable in a criminal proceeding to a fine not exceeding fifty dollars ($50.00), one-half (Â½) to the use of the complainant and the other half thereto to the use of this state.