Stamps and Seals of Courts and Commissioners for Oath Are Not Needed for Agreements To Be Valid.
By Onyekachi Umah,Esq.
(Tip 118)
Stamps and Seals of Courts are not Needed for Agreements To Be Valid. An agreement (Contract) between parties, no matter the number of parties therein, the value of the subject matter, the nature of the subject matter, does not need stamps and seals of courts, Commissioners for Oath, Notary Public or other staff to be valid and enforceable.
Hence, there is no need to take any parties signed/executed agreements (including land agreements) to court for stamps of Court Registrars, Commissioners of Oath, Magistrates or any staff of court for it to become valid.
Note that, a power of attorney may be taken to a court or notary public for the “Power of Attorney” to have a higher evidential value. By evidential value, it means that the courts will presume and refer to the document as properly made and signed unless proven otherwise, so far as it is stamped (authenticated) by a notary public or any court, judge, magistrate, consul, representative of Nigeria or the President of Nigeria.
Reference:
- The Judgment of the Court of Appeal (that agreements need no court or notary public stamping to be valid) in the case of Okafor V. Titilope & Ors (2018) LPELR-44385 (CA)
- Sections 150 and 259 of the Evidence Act, 2011
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