All certificates of acknowledgment to deeds and other writings taken and certified prior to July 1, 1995, by notaries public residing in foreign countries shall be held, and the same are hereby declared, valid and effective in all respects, if otherwise valid according to the law then in force.
1918, p. 506; 1936, p. 101; Michie Code 1942, §§ 5209e, 5209k; 1960, c. 285; 1972, c. 631; 1976, c. 685; 1984, c. 35; 1989, c. 602; 1995, c. 48.