21 Pa. Stat. § 291.10a

Current through Pa Acts 2024-53, 2024-56 through 2024-111
Section 291.10a - Acknowledgment by persons serving in or with the armed forces of the United States or their dependents within or without the United States

In addition to the acknowledgment of instruments in the manner and form and as otherwise now or hereafter authorized by the laws of this State or by this act, persons serving in or with the armed forces of the United States or their dependents, wherever located, may acknowledge the same 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, or Marine Corps, or Ensign or higher in the Navy or Coast Guard. The instrument shall not be rendered invalid by the failure to state therein the place of execution or acknowledgment. No authentication of the officer's certificate of acknowledgment shall be required but the officer taking the acknowledgment shall endorse thereon or attach thereto a certificate substantially in the following form:

"On this the ............ day of ............ 19..., before me

, the undersigned officer, personally appeared ........................, (Serial No.) ............ (if any) known to me (or satisfactorily proven) to be (serving in or with the armed forces of the United States) (a dependent of ................ (Serial No.) ............ (if any) a person serving in or with the armed forces of the United States) 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 in the active service of the armed forces of the United States.

Signature of the Officer

Rank and Serial No. of Officer and Command to which attached".

21 P.S. § 291.10a

1941, July 24, P.L. 490, § 10.1, added 1961, April 28, P.L. 130, No. 61, § 2.