(1) Oaths, affidavits, and acknowledgments required or authorized by the laws of this state may be taken or administered within or without the United States by or before any commissioned officer in active service of the Armed Forces of the United States with the rank of second lieutenant or higher in the Army, Air Force, Space Force, or Marine Corps or ensign or higher in the Navy or Coast Guard when the person required or authorized to make and execute the oath, affidavit, or acknowledgment is a member of the Armed Forces of the United States, the spouse of such member, or a person whose duties require the person’s presence with the Armed Forces of the United States.
(2) A certificate endorsed upon the instrument which shows the date of the oath, affidavit, or acknowledgment and which states in substance that the person appearing before the officer acknowledged the instrument as the person’s act or made or signed the instrument under oath shall be sufficient for all intents and purposes. The instrument shall not be rendered invalid by the failure to state the place of execution or acknowledgment.
(3) If the signature, rank, and branch of service or subdivision thereof of any commissioned officer appears upon such instrument, document or certificate no further proof of the authority of such officer so to act shall be required and such action by such commissioned officer shall be prima facie evidence that the person making such oath, affidavit or acknowledgment is within the purview of this act.
History.—ss. 1, 2, 3, ch. 61-196; s. 3, ch. 76-237; s. 1, ch. 77-77; s. 22, ch. 78-361; s. 1, ch. 78-379; s. 518, ch. 95-147; s. 2, ch. 2022-183.
Note.—Former s. 90.011.
Structure Florida Statutes
Chapter 92 - Witnesses, Records, and Documents
92.05 - Final Judgments and Decrees of Courts of Record.
92.06 - Judgments and Decrees of United States District Courts.
92.07 - Judgments and Decrees of This State.
92.08 - Deeds and Powers of Attorney of Record for 20 Years or More.
92.09 - Effect of Reversal, etc., of Judgment or Successful Attack on Deed.
92.13 - Certified Copies of Records of Certified Copies.
92.14 - United States Deeds and Patents and Copies Thereof.
92.141 - Law Enforcement Employees; Travel Expenses; Compensation as Witness.
92.143 - Compensation to Traffic Court Witnesses.
92.151 - Witness Compensation; Payment; Overcharges.
92.153 - Production of Documents by Witnesses; Reimbursement of Costs.
92.17 - Effect of Seal of Board of Trustees of the Internal Improvement Trust Fund.
92.18 - Certificate of State Officer.
92.20 - Certificates Issued Under Authority of Congress.
92.21 - Certificate as to Sanitary Condition of Buildings.
92.23 - Rule of Evidence in Suits on Fire Policies for Loss or Damage to Building.
92.231 - Expert Witnesses; Fee.
92.233 - Compensation of Witness Summoned in Two or More Criminal Cases.
92.24 - Certain Tax Deeds Prima Facie Evidence of Title.
92.25 - Records Destroyed by Fire; Use of Abstracts.
92.251 - Uniform Interstate Depositions and Discovery Act.
92.26 - Records Destroyed by Fire; Use of Sworn Copies.
92.27 - Records Destroyed by Fire; Effect of Abstracts in Evidence.
92.28 - Records Destroyed by Fire; Land Title Suits; What May Be Received in Evidence.
92.29 - Photographic or Electronic Copies.
92.295 - Copies of Voter Registration Records.
92.30 - Presumption of Death; Official Findings.
92.31 - Missing Persons and Persons Imprisoned or Interned in Foreign Countries; Official Reports.
92.32 - Official Findings and Reports; Presumption of Authority to Issue or Execute.
92.38 - Comparison of Disputed Writings.
92.39 - Evidence of Individual’s Claim Against the State in Suits Between Them.
92.40 - Reports of Building, Housing, or Health Code Violations; Admissibility.
92.50 - Oaths, Affidavits, and Acknowledgments; Who May Take or Administer; Requirements.
92.52 - Affirmation Equivalent to Oath.
92.525 - Verification of Documents; Perjury by False Written Declaration, Penalty.
92.56 - Judicial Proceedings and Court Records Involving Sexual Offenses and Human Trafficking.
92.561 - Prohibition on Reproduction of Child Pornography.
92.565 - Admissibility of Confession in Sexual Abuse Cases.
92.57 - Termination of Employment of Witness Prohibited.
92.60 - Foreign Records of Regularly Conducted Business Activity.
92.605 - Production of Certain Records by Florida Businesses and Out-of-State Corporations.