California Codes, Civil Code - CIV, Division 2 — Property, Part 4 — Acquisition of Property, Title 4 — Transfer, Chapter 4 — Recording Transfers, Article 3 — Proof and Acknowledgment of Instruments, Section 1193

Officers taking and certifying acknowledgments or proof of instruments for record, must authenticate their certificates by affixing thereto their signatures, followed by the names of their offices; also, their seals of office, if by the laws of the State or country where the acknowledgment or proof is taken, or by authority of which they are acting, they are required to have official seals.

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Requires officers certifying acknowledgments or proofs for recording to authenticate their certificates with their signatures followed by their office names. They must also affix official seals when the law of the jurisdiction where the act occurs, or the authority under which they act, requires such a seal.

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