Substantial compliance with the statutes which require that the certificate of acknowledgement must show the identity of the acknowledger and his or her acknowledgement is necessary.[i] When there is no mandatory statutory provision, “personally appeared” may be sufficient for “personally known.” In Agricultural Cooperative v. Denny, 127 F.2d 404 (3d Cir. N.J. 1942), the court held an acknowledgement sufficient, when the acknowledging officer certified that s/he is satisfied that persons appearing before him or her executed the power of attorney.
[i] Deseret Nat’l Bank v. Kidman, 25 Utah 379 (Utah 1903)