§ 179

Amended by Stats. 2003, Ch. 62, Sec. 23. Effective January 1, 2004.

Each of the justices of the Supreme Court and of any court of appeal and the judges of the superior courts, shall have power in any part of the state to take and certify:

(a)The proof and acknowledgment of a conveyance of real property, or of any other written instrument.
(b)The acknowledgment of satisfaction of a judgment of any court.
(c)An affidavit or deposition

to be used in this state.

Other sections in Chapter 4 - Incidental Powers and Duties of Judicial Officers

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