Wyoming § 34-5-103 Certificate of acknowledgment; failure to state
acknowledgment was according to law; liability of county clerk

Wyoming Statutes

§ 34-5-103 — Certificate of acknowledgment; failure to state acknowledgment was according to law; liability of county clerk

Wyoming § 34-5-103

Title 34Property, Conveyances and Security Transactions

Ch. 5CONVEYANCES VALIDATED

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Wyo. Stat. Ann. § 34-5-103 (2026).

Text

All deeds, mortgages, powers of attorney and other instruments
executed and acknowledged in any other state, territory or
district of the United States five (5) years prior to January 1,
1935, affecting property or property rights in this state, but
where the person taking the acknowledgment has omitted to state
in his certificate of acknowledgment that such deed, mortgage,
power of attorney or other instrument was executed and
acknowledged according to the law of such state, territory or
district, and when the laws of this state in relation to such
certificate have in all other respects been complied with, shall
be deemed valid and shall be so construed by the courts of this
state, and such instruments shall be entitled to record and the
record thereof shall have the same force and effect

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All deeds, mortgages, powers of attorney and other instruments
executed and acknowledged in any other state, territory or
district of the United States five (5) years prior to January 1,
1935, affecting property or property rights in this state, but
where the person taking the acknowledgment has omitted to state
in his certificate of acknowledgment that such deed, mortgage,
power of attorney or other instrument was executed and
acknowledged according to the law of such state, territory or
district, and when the laws of this state in relation to such
certificate have in all other respects been complied with, shall
be deemed valid and shall be so construed by the courts of this
state, and such instruments shall be entitled to record and the
record thereof shall have the same force and effect as if such
deeds, mortgages, powers of attorney or other instruments had
been acknowledged in the manner provided by the laws of this
state, and in case any county clerk shall have received for
record such defective instruments, he shall not be liable in an
action for damages for having received for record and recorded
any such deed, mortgage, power of attorney or other instrument.