N.C. Gen. Stat. § 47-81.2
Before United States Army, etc., officers, and other service members
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Current — April 1, 2022
As of June 1, 2021
In all cases where instruments and writings have been proved or acknowledged before any commissioned officer of the United States Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, or Coast Guard or any officer of the United States Merchant Marine having the rank of lieutenant, senior grade, or higher, such proofs or acknowledgments, where valid in other respects, are hereby ratified, confirmed and declared valid. All proofs or acknowledgments made by any military personnel authorized by the Congress of the United States are hereby ratified, confirmed, and declared valid and shall not require the affixation of a seal where valid in other respects.
In all cases where instruments and writings have been proved or acknowledged before any commissioned officer of the United States Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, or Coast Guard or any officer of the United States Merchant Marine having the rank of lieutenant, senior grade, or higher, such proofs or acknowledgments, where valid in other respects, are hereby ratified, confirmed and declared valid. All proofs or acknowledgments made by any military personnel authorized by the Congress of the United States are hereby ratified, confirmed, and declared valid and shall not require the affixation of a seal where valid in other respects.
History
(1943, c. 159, s. 2; 2011-183, s. 32; 2013-204, s. 1.27.)
Effect of Amendments. - Session Laws 2011-183, s. 32, effective June 20, 2011, in the section catchline, substituted "United States Army" for "army"; and in text, substituted "United States Army or Marine Corps" for "army of the United States or United States marine corps," "Navy or Coast Guard" for "navy or coast guard," and "Merchant marine" for "merchant marine."
Session Laws 2013-204, s. 1.27, effective June 26, 2013, added "and other service members" in the section heading; substituted "any commissioned officer of the United States Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, or Coast Guard" for "any officer of the United States Army or Marine Corps having the rank of captain or higher, before any officer of the United States Navy or Coast Guard having the rank of lieutenant, senior grade, or higher" in the first sentence; and added the second sentence.
Official source: North Carolina General Assembly. Reproduced from public-domain North Carolina statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.