Section 34-2-113 - Cancellation form for mortgage or deed of trust; recordation; effect(a) A cancellation or discharge of mortgage or deed of trust may be in the following form substantially: Certificate of Discharge This certifies that a (mortgage or deed of trust, as the case may be) from ....to ....dated ....A.D ....and recorded in book ....of ....on page .....has been fully satisfied by the payment of the debt secured thereby, and is hereby cancelled and discharged.
Signed in the presence of ....county clerk of ....County.
Filed and recorded ....A.D.....at ....M.
...........................County clerk
(b) Such cancellation or discharge shall be entered in a book kept for that purpose, and signed by the mortgagee or trustee, his attorney-in-fact, executor, administrator or assigns, in the presence of the county clerk or his deputy who shall subscribe the same as a witness, and such cancellation or discharge shall have the same effect as a deed or release duly acknowledged and recorded.