§ 19-11-202 — Acknowledgment of instrument by members of armed forces and their dependents before commissioned officer; form of certificate

In addition to the acknowledgment of instruments in the manner
and form otherwise authorized by law, persons who perform
service in the uniformed services or their dependents, wherever
located, may acknowledge the instruments before any commissioned
officer who performs service in the uniformed services with the
rank of second lieutenant or higher in the army, air force,
marine corps or space force or ensign or higher in the navy or
coast guard. The instrument is not invalid for failure to state
therein the place of execution or acknowledgment. No
authentication of the officer's certificate of acknowledgment is
required, but the officer taking the acknowledgment shall
endorse thereon or attach thereto a certificate substantially in
the following form:
On this .... day of ...., (year), before me, ...., the
undersigned officer, personally appeared ...., Serial No. (If
any) ...., known to me (or satisfactorily proven) to be
performing service in the uniformed services (A dependent of
...., Serial No. (If any) ...., a person performing service in
the uniformed services) and to be the person whose name is
subscribed to the within instrument and acknowledged that ....
he .... executed the same for the purposes therein contained,
and the undersigned does further certify that he is, at the date
of this certificate, a commissioned officer of the rank stated
below and is performing service in the uniformed services.
.... (Signature of the officer)
.... (Rank and Serial No. of officer)
and command to which attached.