1. (a) Two justices of the peace, when taking or certifying an acknowledgment, shall be together; and a certificate of acknowledgment taken before them, may be according to the following form, viz:

State of Delaware

________________________________ County

ss.

Be it remembered, that on the ________________________________ day of ________________, in the year of our Lord, two thousand and ________________________________, personally came before me, the subscribers, two of the Justices of the Peace for ________________________________ County aforesaid, ________________________________ and ________________________________, his wife, parties to this indenture known to us personally (or proved on the oath of ________________________________), to be such, and severally acknowledged said indenture to be their act and deed respectively.

Witness our hands the day and year aforesaid.

1. (b) If the instrument acknowledged is not an indenture, the word “instrument” may be substituted for the word “indenture” in the form; if it is not under seal, the words “and deed” in the form shall be omitted. The certificate of acknowledgment may, in all cases, be according to the foregoing form. It may be varied in any case requiring a variance, the above form being given for general direction.

Code 1852, §§ 1619, 1620; Code 1915, § 3208; Code 1935, § 3669; 45 Del. Laws, c. 230, § 4; 25 Del. C. 1953, § 126; 70 Del. Laws, c. 186, § 1