Notarial acts before commissioned officers in United States armed
forces
Sec. 1. (a) In addition to the acknowledgment of written
instruments and the performance of other notarial acts in the manner
and form otherwise authorized by the laws of this state, a person:
(1) who is serving in or with the armed forces of the United
States wherever located;
(2) who is serving as a merchant seaman outside the limits of
the United States included within the fifty (50) states and the
District of Columbia; or
(3) who is outside the limits of the United States by permission,
assignment, or direction of any department or office of the
United States government in connection with any activity
pertaining to the prosecution of any war in which the United
States is engaged;
may acknowledge any instruments, attest documents, subscribe oaths
and affirmations, give depositions, execute affidavits, and perform
other notarial acts before any commissioned officer with the rank of
second lieutenant or higher in the active services of the Army of the
United States or the United States Marine Corps or before any
commissioned officer with the rank of ensign or higher in the active
service of the United States Navy or the United States Coast Guard,
or with equivalent rank in any other component part of the armed
forces of the United States.
(b) The commissioned officer before whom a notarial act is
performed under this section shall certify the instrument with the
officer's official signature and title in substantially the following
form:
With the Armed Forces (or other component part of )
)ss
the armed forces) of the United States at ______________)
1
The foregoing instrument was acknowledged this ___________
day of ______ 20___ by _____ serving (in) the armed forces of the
2
United States) ___________ (as a merchant seaman outside the
limits of the United States) (as a person not in the armed forces, but
outside the limits of the United States by permission, assignment, or
direction of a department of the United States Government in
connection with an activity pertaining to the prosecution of the war),
before me, a commissioned officer in the active service of the (Army
of the United States) (United States Marine Corps) (United States
Navy) (United States Coast Guard) (or equivalent rank in any other
component part of the armed forces).
(Signature of officer)
_______________________
Rank and Branch
(with)
Footnote 1. In the event that military considerations preclude
disclosure of the place of execution or acknowledgment the words
"an undisclosed place" may be supplied instead of the appropriate
city or county, state, and country.
Footnote 2. If by a natural person or persons, insert name or
names; if by a person acting in a representative or official capacity
or as attorney-in-fact, then insert name of person acknowledging the
instrument, followed by an accurate description of the capacity in
which he acts including the name of the person, corporation, or other
entity represented.
As added by P.L.2-2002, SEC.6.
Last modified: May 24, 2006