48 U.S.C. § 1663 : US Code - Section 1663: Acknowledgment of deeds

Search 48 U.S.C. § 1663 : US Code - Section 1663: Acknowledgment of deeds

Deeds and other instruments affecting land situate in the
District of Columbia or any Territory of the United States may be
acknowledged in the islands of Guam and Samoa or in the Canal Zone
before any notary public or judge, appointed therein by proper
authority, or by any officer therein who has ex officio the powers
of a notary public: Provided, That the certificate by such notary
in Guam, Samoa, or the Canal Zone, as the case may be, shall be
accompanied by the certificate of the governor or acting governor
of such place to the effect that the notary taking said
acknowledgment was in fact the officer he purported to be; and any
deeds or other instruments affecting lands so situate, so
acknowledged since the first day of January, 1905, and accompanied
by such certificate shall have the same effect as such deeds or
other instruments hereafter so acknowledged and certified.