Pennsylvania Act 1901-35 — REGULATING ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

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AN ACT

Regulating acknowledgments, by married women, of deeds, mortgages, and all other instruments of writing required by law to be acknowledged.

Section 1. Be it enacted, &c., That acknowledgments of any married woman of any deeds, mortgages or other instruments of writing, required by law to be acknowledged, shall be taken by any judge, justice of the peace, notary public, or other person authorized by law to take acknowledgments of deeds, et cetera, in same manner and form as though said married woman were feme-sole; said acknowledgment to have the same force and effect as if taken separate and apart from the husband of said married woman.

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.