(a) If the acknowledgment is taken within this state or is made without this state but in the United States by one (1) of the officers designated in § 16-47-203, or without the United States by an officer of the United States, no authentication shall be necessary.
(b) If the acknowledgment is made without the United States and by a notary public or a judge or clerk of a court of record of the country where the acknowledgment is made, the certificate shall be authenticated by a certificate under the great seal of state of the country, affixed by the custodian of such seal, or by a certificate of a diplomatic, consular, or commercial officer of the United States accredited to that country, certifying as to the official character of such officer.
Structure Arkansas Code
Title 16 - Practice, Procedure, And Courts
Subtitle 4 - Evidence And Witnesses
Chapter 47 - Acknowledgment and Proof of Instruments
Subchapter 2 - Uniform Acknowledgment Act
§ 16-47-201. Acknowledgment of instruments
§ 16-47-202. Officials authorized to take within the state
§ 16-47-203. Officials authorized to take within the United States
§ 16-47-204. Officials authorized to take without the United States
§ 16-47-205. Proof of identity of person making
§ 16-47-206. Acknowledgment by a married woman
§ 16-47-208. Execution of certificate by officer
§ 16-47-209. Authentication of acknowledgments
§ 16-47-210. Acknowledgments under laws of other states
§ 16-47-211. Validation of unauthenticated writings affecting title to property
§ 16-47-214. Acknowledgments previously taken unaffected
§ 16-47-215. Uniformity of interpretation
§ 16-47-217. Validation of prior acknowledgments — Construction of uniform act
§ 16-47-218. Validation of acknowledgments — Construction of acts