If the person executing the instrument resides or is within the state, the acknowledgment shall be made before the county clerk, or legally appointed deputy county clerk, or clerk and master of chancery court of some county in the state or before a notary public of some county in this state.Code 1858, § 2039 (deriv. Acts 1807, ch. 85, § 3; 1835-1836, ch. 53, §§ 5, 6; 1837-1838, ch. 150, § 1); Acts 1870, ch. 71, §1; 1870-1871, ch. 11, § 1; Shan., § 3713; Acts 1919, ch. 104, §§ 1-3; Shan. Supp., §§ 3714a1-3714a3; mod. Code 1932, § 7631; impl. am. Acts 1978, ch. 934, §§ 22, 36; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 64-2202.
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