No public officer qualified to take acknowledgments or proofs of written instruments shall be disqualified from taking the acknowledgment or proof of any instrument in writing in which an association is interested by reason of membership in, stockholder interest in, or employment by an association so interested, and any acknowledgments or proofs heretofore taken are hereby validated.
History:1969 c 490 s 52; 1981 c 276 s 30; 1986 c 444; 1996 c 414 art 1 s 44; 1997 c 157 s 67; 1998 c 260 s 1