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This law was first created in 1970. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 719 of that year\u2019s edition of \u201cActs of Assembly,\u201d the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year. Unfortunately, the 1970 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online. It has been modified 1 time. Those modifications are cataloged by \u201cThe Acts of Assembly,\u201d a state publication, by year and chapter. Those modifications that can be read on the General Assembly\u2019s website will be linked accordingly. That modification is as follows: in 2019, chapter 712<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":[{"id":57962,"section_number":"55.1-616","catch_line":"\"Notarial acts\" defined; who may perform notarial acts outside the Commonwealth for use in the Commonwealth","order_by":null,"url":"\/55.1-616\/"}],"permalink":{"id":245543,"object_type":"law","relational_id":75765,"identifier":"55.1-619","token":"55.1\/II\/6\/3\/55.1-619","url":"\/55.1-619\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/55.1-619\/","token":"55.1\/II\/6\/3\/55.1-619","dublin_core":{"Title":"When form of certificate of acknowledgment accepted","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 55.1-619","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

The form of a certificate of acknowledgment used by a person whose authority is recognized under \u00a7 55.1-616<\/a> shall be accepted in the Commonwealth if:<\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

1.<\/span> The certificate is in a form prescribed by the laws<\/span> or regulations of the Commonwealth; <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

2.<\/span> The certificate is in a form prescribed by the laws<\/span> or regulations applicable in the place in which the acknowledgment is taken; or <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

3.<\/span> The certificate contains the words “acknowledged before me” or their substantial equivalent. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nWHEN FORM OF CERTIFICATE OF ACKNOWLEDGMENT ACCEPTED (\u00a7 55.1-619)\n\nThe form of a certificate of acknowledgment used by a person whose authority is\nrecognized under \u00a7 55.1-616 shall be accepted in the Commonwealth if:\n\n1. The certificate is in a form prescribed by the laws or regulations of the\nCommonwealth;\n\n2. The certificate is in a form prescribed by the laws or regulations applicable\nin the place in which the acknowledgment is taken; or\n\n3. The certificate contains the words “acknowledged before me” or\ntheir substantial equivalent.\n\nHISTORY: 1970, c. 719, \u00a7 55-118.4; 2019, c. 712.","edition":{"id":1,"name":"2025","slug":"2025","date_created":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","date_modified":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","current":1,"order_by":1,"last_import":null}}