§ 16-37a. Foreign acknowledgments validated.

All deeds, mortgages, releases, oil and gas leases, powers of attorney and other instruments of writing for the conveyance or encumbrance of any lands, tenements, or hereditaments situated within this state, heretofore executed and acknowledged or proved in any state, territory, District of Columbia or foreign country in conformity with the law of such state, territory, District of Columbia or foreign country, shall be as valid as to execution and acknowledgment thereof, only, as if executed and acknowledged within this state in conformity with the provisions of the laws of this state.  Provided this act shall not validate any execution or acknowledgment fraudulently obtained.

Laws 1941, p. 56, § 1.