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11. Acknowledgment Within the State. The acknowl-
edgment of any instrument may be made in this State
before:

(1) A Judge of a court of record;

(2) A Clerk or Deputy Clerk of a court having a seal;

(3) A Notary Public;

(4) A Justice of the Peace; or

(5) A Master in Chancery.

12. Acknowledgment Within the United States. The
acknowledgment of any instrument may be made without
the State but within the United States or a territory or
insular possession of the United States or the District of
Columbia or the Philippine Islands and within the juris-
diction of the officer, before:

(1) A Clerk or Deputy Clerk of any Federal court;

(2) A Clerk or Deputy Clerk of any court of record of
any State or other jurisdiction;

(3) A Notary Public;

(4) A Commissioner of Deeds.

13. Acknowledgment Without the United States. The
acknowledgment of any instrument may be made without
the United States before:

(1) An Ambassador, Minister, Charge d'Affaires,
Counselor to or Secretary of a Legation, Consul General,
Consul, Vice-Consul, Commercial Attache, or Consular
Agent of the United States accredited to the country where
the acknowledgment is made.

(2) A Notary Public of the country where the acknowl-
edgment is made.

(3) A Judge or Clerk of a court of record of the
country where the acknowledgment is made.

14. Requisites of Acknowledgment. The officer taking
the acknowledgment shall know or have satisfactory evi-
dence that the person making the acknowledgment is the
person described in and who executed the instrument.

15. Acknowledgment by a Married Woman. An
acknowledgment of a married woman may be made in the
same form as though she were unmarried.

16. Forms of Certificates. An officer taking the
acknowledgment shall endorse thereon or attach thereto a
certificate substantially in one of the following forms:

(a) By Individuals:
State of..........................................................................................

County of....................................................................................

On this the............ day of..................................... 19............. before me,

.................................................................. the undersigned officer, personally