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 1202

When the acknowledgment or proof of the execution of an instrument is properly made, but defectively certified, any party interested may have an action in the superior court to obtain a judgment correcting the certificate.

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Allows any interested party to bring an action in superior court to correct an acknowledgment or execution-proof certificate when the acknowledgment or proof itself was properly made but the officer certified it defectively. The remedy addresses defects in the certificate, not defects in the underlying acknowledgment or proof.

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