What is consider satisfactory evidence?
'Satisfactory evidence' means the absence of any information, evidence, or other circumstances which would lead a reasonable person to believe that the person making the acknowledgment is not the individual such person claims to be and any one (1) of the following:
- The oath or affirmation of a credible witness personally known to the officer that the person making the acknowledgment is personally known to the witness;
- Reasonable reliance on the presentation to the officer of any one of the following, if the document is current or has been issued within five (f) years;
- An identification card or driver's license issued by the department of safety; or
- A passport issued by the United States department of state; or
- Reasonable reliance on the presentation of any one (1) of the following, if the document is current or has been issued within five (5) years and contains a photograph and description of the person named on it, is signed by the person, bears a serial or other identifying number, and in the event that the document is a passport, has been stamped by the United States immigration and naturalization service:
- A passport issued by a foreign government;
- A driver's license issued by a state other than Tennessee;
- An identification card issued by a state other than Tennessee; or
- An identification card issued by any branch of the armed forces of the United States.
T.C.A. § 66-22-106