If the person executing the instrument resides or is within the state, the acknowledgment shall be made before the county clerk, or legally appointed deputy county clerk, or clerk and master of chancery court of some county in the state or before a notary public of some county in this state.
Code 1858, § 2039 (deriv. Acts 1807, ch. 85, § 3; 1835-1836, ch. 53, §§ 5, 6; 1837-1838, ch. 150, § 1); Acts 1870, ch. 71, § 1; 1870-1871, ch. 11, § 1; Shan., § 3713; Acts 1919, ch. 104, §§ 1-3; Shan. Supp., §§ 3714a1-3714a3; mod. Code 1932, § 7631; impl. am. Acts 1978, ch. 934, §§ 22, 36; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 64-2202.
Structure 2021 Tennessee Code
Chapter 22 - Acknowledgment of Instruments
§ 66-22-102. Persons Authorized to Take Acknowledgments Within State
§ 66-22-103. Acknowledgment in Other States or Territories
§ 66-22-104. Acknowledgment in Foreign Countries
§ 66-22-105. Authentication of Instruments by or to County Clerk
§ 66-22-106. Postponement Pending Identification
§ 66-22-107. Form of Certificate of Acknowledgment
§ 66-22-108. Acknowledgment for Record of Corporate or Partnership Instrument
§ 66-22-109. Acknowledgment of Married Person
§ 66-22-110. Acknowledgments Under Seal
§ 66-22-111. Entry of Probate or Acknowledgment
§ 66-22-113. Liability of Officer for Failure to Carry Out Duties