47-43. Form of certificate of acknowledgment of instrument executed by agent.
When an instrument purports to be signed by parties acting through another by virtue of the execution of a power of attorney, the following form of certificate is sufficient, but does not exclude other forms:
I (here give name of the official and the official's title), do hereby certify that (here give name of agent) (the "Agent"), agent for (here give names of parties who executed the instrument through the Agent) (the "Principal"), personally appeared before me this day, and being by me duly sworn, says that the Agent executed the foregoing and annexed instrument for and on behalf of the Principal, and that the Agent's authority to execute and acknowledge the instrument is contained in an instrument duly executed, acknowledged, and recorded in the office of (here insert name of official in whose office power of attorney is recorded, and the county and state of recordation), on the (day of month, month, and year of recordation), and that this instrument was executed under and by virtue of the authority given by the instrument granting the Agent power of attorney; that the Agent acknowledged the due execution of the foregoing and annexed instrument for the purposes therein expressed for and in behalf of the Principal.
WITNESS my hand and official seal, this ____ day of ______, (year) ____.
(1941, c. 238; 2018-142, s. 34.)
Structure North Carolina General Statutes
North Carolina General Statutes
Chapter 47 - Probate and Registration
Article 3 - Forms of Acknowledgment, Probate and Order of Registration.
§ 47-37.1 - Other forms of proof.
§ 47-38 - Acknowledgment by grantor.
§ 47-40 - Husband's acknowledgment and wife's acknowledgment before the same officer.
§ 47-41.01 - Corporate conveyances.
§ 47-41.02 - Other forms of probate for corporate conveyances.
§ 47-41.2 - Technical defects.
§ 47-42 - Attestation of bank conveyances by secretary or cashier.
§ 47-43 - Form of certificate of acknowledgment of instrument executed by agent.
§ 47-43.1 - Execution and acknowledgment of instruments by attorneys or attorneys-in-fact.
§ 47-43.2 - Officer's certificate upon proof of instrument by subscribing witness.
§ 47-43.3 - Officer's certificate upon proof of instrument by proof of signature of maker.
§ 47-44 - Clerk's certificate upon probate by justice of peace or magistrate.
§ 47-45 - Clerk's certificate upon probate by nonresident official without seal.
§ 47-46.1 - Notice of satisfaction of deed of trust, mortgage, or other instrument.
§ 47-46.2 - Certificate of satisfaction of deed of trust, mortgage, or other instrument.