Section 16-47-203 - Officials authorized to take within the United States

The acknowledgment of any instrument may be without the state but within the United States or a territory or insular possession of the United States and within the jurisdiction of the officer, before:(1) A clerk or deputy clerk of any federal court;(2) A clerk or deputy clerk of any court of record of any state or other jurisdiction;(3) A notary public;(4) A commissioner of deeds;(5) Any person authorized by the laws of such other jurisdiction to take acknowledgments.Acts 1943, No. 169, § 3; 1957, No. 411, § 1; A.S.A. 1947, § 49-103.