Section 291.9 - Authentication of acknowledgments(1) If the acknowledgment is taken within this State, or if taken without this State by an officer of this State, or is made without the United States by an officer of the United States, no authentication shall be necessary.(2) If the acknowledgment is taken without this State, but in the United States, a territory or insular possession of the United States or the District of Columbia, no authentication shall be necessary if the official before whom the acknowledgment is taken affixes his official seal to the instrument so acknowledged otherwise the certificate shall be authenticated by a certificate as to the official character of such officer, executed, (1) if the acknowledgment is taken by a clerk or deputy clerk of a court, by the presiding judge of the court, or, (2) if the acknowledgment is taken by some other authorized officer, by the official having custody of the official record of the election, appointment or commission of the officer taking such acknowledgment.(3) If the acknowledgment is made without the United States and by a notary public or a judge or clerk of a court of record of the country where the acknowledgment is made, the certificate shall be authenticated by a certificate under the great seal of state of the country, affixed by the custodian of such seal, or by a certificate of a diplomatic, consular or commercial officer of the United States accredited to that country, certifying as to the official character of such officer.1941, July 24, P.L. 490, § 9. Amended 1947, June 21, P.L. 855, No. 354, § 1; 1957, May 14, P.L. 134, No. 58, § 1.