An “acknowledgment” is defined as “[a] declaration by an individual before a notarial officer that… the individual has signed a record for the purpose stated in the record[.]” 57 Pa.C.S. § 302. Under Pennsylvania law, “[a]knowledgement of a deed is a critical step in the transfer of real property.” First Union Nat. Bank v. Diamonds and Gold Inc., 850 A.2d 642, 647 (Pa. Super. 2004) (setting aside and remanding petition to redeem property sold at tax sale filed after sheriff’s deed conveying property without proper acknowledgment to the deed) (citing 21 P.S. § 42); see also 21 Pa.S.A. § 325.1 (requiring the recorder of deeds to accept deeds, which are “duly acknowledged as required by law”).
According to 21 P.S. § 42, the signature of the grantor of a deed must be acknowledged by a notary. Further, a certificate of acknowledgment must be duly certified according to the existing laws of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania to be considered prima facie evidence of execution. See 21 P.S. §46. A notarial officer is required to determine the identity of the individual by satisfactory evidence of the individual’s identity and signature. Id. at § 305(b). Satisfactory evidence of identification is made by checking the individual’s identification card. Id. at §307(b)(1).
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