55-705 BY WHOM TAKEN -- MEMBERS OF THE ARMED FORCES. - Idaho Statutes

TITLE 55

PROPERTY IN GENERAL

CHAPTER 7

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

55-705. By whom taken -- Members of the armed forces. Any officer of any component of any branch of the armed forces of the United States as may be designated to take a deposition, shall have the general powers of a notary public in the administration of oaths, the execution and acknowledgment of legal instruments, the attestation of documents and all other forms of notarial acts to be executed by persons in any of the armed forces of the United States or subject to military or naval law and/or their wives and/or dependents.

Such an acknowledgment or oath, whether heretofore or hereafter so taken within or without the state of Idaho or the United States and whether with or without seal or stamp, shall have the same force and effect as an acknowledgment or oath before a notary public duly commissioned by and residing in the state of Idaho. Recital in the certificate of such officer that he holds the office stated in the certificate and that the affiant is a member of the armed forces or subject to military or naval law, or wife or dependent of such member, shall be prima facie evidence of such facts.