Section 35-4-24
Acknowledgment - Officers authorized to take in this state.
Acknowledgments and proofs of conveyances may be taken by the following officers within this state: Judges of the Supreme Court, the Court of Civil Appeals, the Court of Criminal Appeals, circuit courts and district courts, and the clerks of such courts; registers of the circuit court, judges of the court of probate, and notaries public.
(Code 1852, §1276; Code 1867, §1545; Code 1876, §2155; Code 1886, §1799; Code 1896, §993; Code 1907, §3358; Code 1923, §6841; Code 1940, T. 47, §25.)