Whenever a deed has been registered twenty (20) years or more, the same shall be presumed to have been properly acknowledged or proved, though the certificate of acknowledgement or probate has not been transferred to the registers book, and without regard to the form of the certificate; provided, that an acknowledgment to an instrument which has been of record in the register's office for a period of seven (7) years shall be presumed valid so as to comply with the form of acknowledgments set out in §§ 66-22-107 and 66-22-108.
Code 1858, § 2084 (deriv. Acts 1839-1840, ch. 26, § 9); Shan., § 3761; mod. Code 1932, § 7672; Acts 1969, ch. 200, § 1; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 64-2606; Acts 2005, ch. 303, § 3.
Structure 2021 Tennessee Code
Chapter 26 - Effect of Authentication and Registration
§ 66-26-101. Effect of Instruments With or Without Registration
§ 66-26-102. Notice to All the World
§ 66-26-103. Unregistered Instruments Void as to Creditors and Bona Fide Purchasers
§ 66-26-104. Rights as Between Transferee of Decedent and Purchaser From Heir or Devisee
§ 66-26-105. Priority of Registered Instruments
§ 66-26-106. Presumption as to Validity of Registration After Twenty Years
§ 66-26-107. Presumption as to Subscription by Grantor After Thirty Years
§ 66-26-108. Presumption as to Deeds by Attorneys After Twenty Years' Registration
§ 66-26-109. Presumption as to Powers of Attorney After Twenty Years
§ 66-26-111. Proof of Instruments Registered Before 1839
§ 66-26-112. Erroneous Recital as to County Where Land Located
§ 66-26-113. Omission of Words From Certificate