Upon the receipt by a town clerk of a property transfer return and certificate and the fee required under subdivision 1671(a)(6) of this title, the clerk shall forthwith mail or otherwise deliver to the transferee of title to property with respect to which such return was filed a signed and written acknowledgment of the receipt of that return and certificate. A copy of that acknowledgment, or any other form of acknowledgment approved by the Commissioner, shall be affixed to the deed evidencing the transfer of property or the document evidencing the transfer or acquisition of a direct or indirect controlling interest in any person with title to property with respect to which the return and certificate was filed. The acknowledgment so affixed to a deed or document, however, shall not disclose the amount of tax paid with respect to any return or transfer. (Added 1967, No. 146, § 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1986; amended 1969, No. 291 (Adj. Sess.), § 15, eff. 60 days after April 9, 1970; 1971, No. 84, § 18; 2009, No. 160 (Adj. Sess.), § 18; 2019, No. 71, § 13.)