Entry of Probate or Acknowledgment

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  4. Acknowledgment of Instruments
  5. Entry of Probate or Acknowledgment

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The clerk shall enter, in a well-bound book, the probate or acknowledgment of every deed or other instrument of writing proved or acknowledged before the clerk, which entry shall state:

  1. The date of the presentation of the paper where it is filed with the clerk, but is not proven or acknowledged because the witnesses fail or refuse to attend, or the clerk is not acquainted with the maker of the instrument;
  2. The date of the probate or acknowledgment;
  3. The names of the maker of the instrument and the person to whom it is made;
  4. The number of acres of land or town lots, or parts or portions of tracts of land or town lots, or other property mentioned in the paper; and
  5. A county or town in which the property is situated.

Code 1858, § 2087 (deriv. Acts 1833, ch. 92, § 15); Shan., § 3767; Code 1932, § 7678; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 64-2211.


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