Tennessee § 58-1-605 - Commissioned officers' power to take oaths and acknowledgments.
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§ 58-1-605. Commissioned officers' power to take oaths and acknowledgments.
In addition to the acknowledgment of instruments and the performance of other notarial acts in the manner and form and as otherwise provided by law, instruments may be acknowledged, documents attested, oaths and affirmations administered, depositions and affidavits executed, and other notarial acts performed in connection with any pleading or other instrument to be filed or used in any court in this state, before or by 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 or marine corps, or with the rank of ensign or higher, in the navy or coast guard, or with the equivalent rank in any other component part of the armed forces of the United States, by any person who is a member of the armed forces of the United States or the spouse of such member of the armed forces accompanying a spouse in such service. Code 1858, § 2070 (deriv. Acts 1847-1848, ch. 82, § 1); Shan., § 3747; Code 1932, § 7662; Acts 1945, ch. 5, § 2; 1945, ch. 65, § 1; C. Supp. 1950, §§ 1012.30, 7662 (Williams, §§ 1012.33, 7662); modified; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 7-305. Cross-References. National guard officers authorized to administer oaths for purposes of military administration, § 58-1-234 .
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Section 58-1-605 ("Commissioned officers' power to take oaths and acknowledgments.") is part of the Tennessee Code Annotated, the codified statutory law of Tennessee. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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