(a) Any court or officer that takes a proof or an acknowledgment of any instrument affecting real property shall grant a certificate of the proof or acknowledgment.
(b) The court or officer shall cause the certificate of the proof or acknowledgment to be endorsed on the instrument affecting real property.
(c) The certificate of the proof or acknowledgment shall be signed by the clerk of the court or by the officer if he or she has a seal of office.
Structure Arkansas Code
Subchapter 2 - Acknowledgment and Proof of Instruments
§ 18-12-201. Proof or acknowledgment as prerequisite to recording real estate conveyances
§ 18-12-202. Forms of acknowledgments — Validity — Acknowledgments of married persons
§ 18-12-203. Officers authorized to take proof or acknowledgment of real estate conveyances
§ 18-12-204. Attestation of acknowledgments
§ 18-12-205. Certificate of acknowledgment
§ 18-12-209. Recorded deed or written instrument affecting real estate