BlackletterCalifornia law

Civil Code § 1197

ARTICLE 3. Proof and Acknowledgment of Instruments

Current as of September 28, 2026Civ. Code, § 1197Official source ↗

Enacted 1872.

The subscribing witness must prove that the person whose name is subscribed to the instrument as a party is the person described in it, and that such person executed it, and that the witness subcribed his name thereto as a witness.