Title 48 — Territories and Insular Possessions
Chapter 4 — Puerto Rico
§ 742. Acknowledgment of deeds
Statutory text
Deeds and other instruments affecting land situate in the District of Columbia, or any other territory or possession of the United States, may be acknowledged in Puerto Rico before any notary public appointed therein by proper authority, or any officer therein who has ex officio the powers of a notary public. The certificate by such notary shall be accompanied by the certificate of the executive secretary of Puerto Rico to the effect that the notary taking such acknowledgment is in fact such notarial officer.
Legislative history
Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.
Pub. L. 64–145 § 54 · 39 Stat. 226
Enacted · 48 U.S.C. § 742
Mar. 2, 1917, ch. 145, § 54, 39 Stat. 968
Source evidence
Code source credit
Mar. 2, 1917, ch. 145, § 54, 39 Stat. 968
0 of 1 references resolved to an enrolled provision · 1 partial
Editorial Notes
Prior Provisions
Provisions similar to those in this section were contained in act Mar. 22, 1902, ch. 273, 32 Stat. 88, except that that act required the certificate of the attorney general of Puerto Rico, rather than of the executive secretary of Puerto Rico as required by this section.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Change of Name
“Puerto Rico” substituted in text for “Porto Rico” pursuant to act , which is classified to section 731a of this title.
Credits
1917–1932 · 2 acts
- 1917Mar. 2, 1917, ch. 145, § 54, 39 Stat. 968
- 1932May 17, 1932, ch. 190, 47 Stat. 158.
Show as published
(Mar. 2, 1917, ch. 145, § 54, 39 Stat. 968; May 17, 1932, ch. 190, 47 Stat. 158.)