Registers Review
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10 Registers ' Review Registers no longer " pass " on instruments in the manner previously required Session Law 2005 - 123 has eliminated the requirement that registers certify that execution by one or more signers has been " duly proved or acknowledged " and that the proof or acknowledgement is " in due form " The revised statute limits the register's review to seeing if the instrument has a proof or acknowledgement if one is required , and then only checking that the proof or acknowledgement " by one or more signers appears to have been proved or acknowledged before an officer with the apparent authority to take proofs or acknowledgements , and the said proof or acknowledgement includes the officer's signature , commission expiration date , and official seal , if required " If these elements are present , registers simply record the instruments ; if not , the instruments are not to be accepted for recording GS 47 - 14 a 2005 Page