Pennsylvania Act 1897-63 — RECORDING OF RELEASES, ETC., SIGNED BY MARRIED WOMAN AUTHORIZING

Act text

AN ACT

Authorizing the recording of all releases, contracts, letters of attorney and other instruments of writing which a married woman is or shall be authorized by law to execute without the joinder of her husband, making the record thereof of the same force and effect for all purposes in all respects as if unmarried, and validating the records thereof made prior to the passage of this act.

Section 1. Releases, etc; executed by married woman alone may be recorded

All releases, contracts, letters of attorney and other instruments of writing which a married woman is or shall be authorized by law to make and execute without the joinder of her husband, and which have been or shall hereafter be so executed by her, may be recorded in the office for recording deeds in the proper county if the same shall have been acknowledged by her without her husband joining, or her signature thereto shall have been duly proved before a justice of the peace or other officer having authority to take such acknowledgments or proofs according to the laws of this Commonwealth, and the said records shall have the same effect in all respects as if she were unmarried; and where any such instrument so acknowledged or proved shall have been heretofore admitted to record in any County of this Commonwealth, the record thereof shall be as good and valid for all purposes as if it had been recorded subsequently to the passage of this act: Provided, That this act shall not apply to any case which has been heretofore judicially decided or in which an action is now pending. 1897, May 25, P.L. 83, Sec. 1.

Compiler's Note: Section 28 of Act 207 of 2004 provided that any and all references in any other law to a "district justice" or "justice of the peace" shall be deemed to be references to a magisterial district judge.