§ 34-12-3. Acknowledgments in good faith before person claiming to be authorized — Penalty for misrepresentation.
Any acknowledgment made in good faith before a person claiming to be one of the foregoing officials authorized to take acknowledgments within the respective jurisdictions as above, shall be valid, although the official before whom the acknowledgment is made was not duly qualified in that office; but every person who shall, within this state, wilfully take and certify to the taking of any such acknowledgment, without being lawfully qualified thereunto, shall be liable in a criminal proceeding to a fine not exceeding fifty dollars ($50.00), one-half (½) to the use of the complainant and the other half thereto to the use of this state.
History of Section.G.L. 1896, ch. 202, § 9; G.L. 1909, ch. 253, § 9; G.L. 1923, ch. 297, § 9; G.L. 1938, ch. 435, § 8; G.L. 1956, § 34-12-3.
Structure Rhode Island General Laws
Chapter 34-12 - Acknowledgments and Notarial Acts
Section 34-12-1. - Form of acknowledgment — Foreign acknowledgments.
Section 34-12-2. - Officers authorized to take acknowledgments.
Section 34-12-4. - Instruments executed by diplomatic officials outside United States.
Section 34-12-5. - Power of armed forces officers to take acknowledgments.
Section 34-12-6. - Effect of acknowledgment before armed forces officer.
Section 34-12-7. - Contents of certificate of armed forces officer.
Section 34-12-8. - Proof of authority of armed forces officer.
Section 34-12-9. - Validation of prior acknowledgments before foreign notary public.