Bill Text: IL HB3764 | 2021-2022 | 102nd General Assembly | Chaptered
Bill Title: Amends Uniform Recognition of Acknowledgments Act. Changes the definition of "acknowledged before me" to mean that, among other things, the person acknowledging appeared before the person taking the acknowledgment in a manner prescribed by the laws or regulations applicable in the place in which the acknowledgment is taken.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: (Passed) 2021-08-20 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 102-0500 [HB3764 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2021-HB3764-Chaptered.html
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| Public Act 102-0500 | ||||
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AN ACT concerning civil law.
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Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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represented in the General Assembly:
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Section 5. The Uniform Recognition of Acknowledgments Act | ||||
is amended by changing Section 6 as follows:
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(765 ILCS 30/6) (from Ch. 30, par. 226)
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Sec. 6. Certificate
of acknowledgment. The words | ||||
"acknowledged before me" means
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(1) that the person acknowledging appeared before the | ||||
person taking the
acknowledgment in a manner prescribed by | ||||
the laws or regulations applicable in the place in which | ||||
the acknowledgment is taken,
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(2) that he acknowledged he executed the instrument,
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(3) that, in the case of:
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(i) a natural person, he executed the instrument | ||||
for the purposes therein stated;
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(ii) a corporation, the officer or agent | ||||
acknowledged he held the position or title set forth | ||||
in the instrument and certificate, he signed the | ||||
instrument on behalf of the corporation by proper | ||||
authority, and the instrument was the act of the | ||||
corporation for the purpose therein stated;
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(iii) a partnership, the partner or agent | ||||
acknowledged he signed the instrument on behalf of the | ||
partnership by proper authority and he executed the | ||
instrument as the act of the partnership for the | ||
purposes therein stated;
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(iv) a person acknowledging as principal by an | ||
attorney in fact, he executed the instrument by proper | ||
authority as the act of the principal for the purposes | ||
therein stated;
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(v) a person acknowledging as a public officer, | ||
trustee, administrator, guardian, or other | ||
representative, he signed the instrument by proper | ||
authority and he executed the instrument in the | ||
capacity and for the purposes therein stated; and
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(4) that the person taking the acknowledgment either | ||
knew or had
satisfactory evidence that the person | ||
acknowledging was the person named in
the instrument or | ||
certificate.
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(Source: P.A. 76-1105.)
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