§ 34-12-6. Effect of acknowledgment before armed forces officer.
An acknowledgment of instruments, attestation of documents, administration of oaths and affirmations, execution of depositions and affidavits, and performance of other notarial acts, made or taken before an armed forces officer, are hereby declared legal, valid, and binding, and instruments and documents so acknowledged, authenticated, or sworn to shall be admissible in evidence and eligible to be recorded in this state under the same circumstances and with the same force and effect as if the acknowledgment, attestation, oath, affirmation, deposition, affidavit, or other notarial act had been made or taken within this state before or by a duly qualified officer or official as otherwise provided by law.
History of Section.P.L. 1944, ch. 1391, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 34-12-6.
Structure Rhode Island General Laws
Chapter 34-12 - Acknowledgments and Notarial Acts
Section 34-12-1. - Form of acknowledgment — Foreign acknowledgments.
Section 34-12-2. - Officers authorized to take acknowledgments.
Section 34-12-4. - Instruments executed by diplomatic officials outside United States.
Section 34-12-5. - Power of armed forces officers to take acknowledgments.
Section 34-12-6. - Effect of acknowledgment before armed forces officer.
Section 34-12-7. - Contents of certificate of armed forces officer.
Section 34-12-8. - Proof of authority of armed forces officer.
Section 34-12-9. - Validation of prior acknowledgments before foreign notary public.