3-1-404. Taking acknowledgments and affidavits. Each of the justices of the supreme court and judges of the district courts may in any part of the state and each justice of the peace may within the justice's county take and certify:
(1) the proof and acknowledgment of a conveyance of real property or of any other written instrument;
(2) the acknowledgment of satisfaction of a judgment of any court;
(3) an affidavit or deposition to be used in this state.
History: En. Sec. 459, Bannack Stat.; re-en. Sec. 582, p. 155, Cod. Stat. 1871; re-en. Sec. 507, p. 174, L. 1877; re-en. Sec. 507, 1st Div. Rev. Stat. 1879; re-en. Sec. 524, 1st Div. Comp. Stat. 1887; amd. Sec. 193, C. Civ. Proc. 1895; re-en. Sec. 6322, Rev. C. 1907; re-en. Sec. 8875, R.C.M. 1921; Cal. C. Civ. Proc. Sec. 179; re-en. Sec. 8875, R.C.M. 1935; R.C.M. 1947, 93-1004; amd. Sec. 131, Ch. 61, L. 2007.
Structure Montana Code Annotated
Chapter 1. Courts and Judicial Officers Generally
Part 4. Powers of Judicial Officers
3-1-401. Powers of judges out of court
3-1-402. Powers of judicial officers as to conduct of proceedings
3-1-403. Power to punish for contempt
3-1-404. Taking acknowledgments and affidavits
3-1-405. Certificate of authenticity of justice's court's certificate of acknowledgment