{"code":"CIV","codeName":"Civil Code","section":"1188","citation":"Civ. Code, § 1188","status":"in-force","lawOn":"2026-09-28","headings":[{"name":"DIVISION 2. PROPERTY [654. - 1422.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/civil-code/division-2"},{"name":"PART 4. ACQUISITION OF PROPERTY [1000. - 1422.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/civil-code/division-2/part-4"},{"name":"TITLE 4. TRANSFER [1039. - 1231.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/civil-code/division-2/part-4/title-4"},{"name":"CHAPTER 4. Recording Transfers [1169. - 1220.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/civil-code/division-2/part-4/title-4/chapter-4"},{"name":"ARTICLE 3. Proof and Acknowledgment of Instruments [1180. - 1207.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/civil-code/division-2/part-4/title-4/chapter-4/article-3"}],"history":"Amended by Stats. 2013, Ch. 78, Sec. 1.   (AB 464)   Effective January 1, 2014.","effective":"2014-01-01","html":"<p>An officer taking the acknowledgment of an instrument shall endorse thereon or attach thereto a certificate pursuant to Section <a href=\"/civ/1189\">1189</a>.</p>","text":"An officer taking the acknowledgment of an instrument shall endorse thereon or attach thereto a certificate pursuant to Section 1189.","otherVersions":[],"url":"https://blackletter.si/civil-code/proof-and-acknowledgment-of-instruments-1188","source":"California Legislative Information bulk export (pubinfo)"}