CHAPTER 129

An Act to amend and reenact § 55-115 of the Code of Virginia, relating
to acknowledgments taken before commissioned officers in military

service.
[H 210]
Approved March 2, 1964

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That § 55-115 of the Code of Virginia be amended and reenacted as
follows:

§ 55-115. Such court or clerk shall also admit any such writing to
record as to any person whose name is signed thereto who at the time of
such acknowledgment was in active service in the armed forces of the
United States, or as to the consort of such person, upon the certificate of
any commissioned officer of the army, navy, marine corps, coast guard, any
state national guard that is federally recognized or other branch of the
service of which such person is a member, that such writing had been
acknowledged before him by such person. Such certificate shall be written
upon ar annexed to such writing and shall be substantially to the follow-
ing effect:

In the army (or navy, etc.) of the United States.

T, cessnesscccceossececcccesssesscssumnsesceccnseseseseeenene , 2 commissioned officer of the army (or navy,
marine corps, coast guard or other branch of service) of the United States
with the rank of lieutenant (or ensign or other appropriate rank) whose
HOME ACALESS 18 oie ee ccecccccccseeeecceccecesnesecceeseee , do certify that E. F. (or E. F. and
G. H., and so forth), whose name (or names) is (or are) signed to the
writing above (or hereto annexed), bearing date on the ........... ww... day of
seevencesssusnuecscesssensssivetinensessay — satuuunaneesesereneceee , and who, or whose consort, is a private (cor-

poral, seaman, captain or other grade or rank) in the army (or navy, etc.)
of the United States, and whose home address is ............... eee. , has (or have)
acknowledged the same before me.

Given under my hand this .......... 0 ENO) rrr

Such acknowledgment may be taken at any place where the officer
taking the acknowledgment and the person whose name is signed to the
writing may be. Such commissioned officer may take the acknowledgment of
any person in any branch of the armed forces of the United States, or the
consort of such person.

Every acknowledgment executed prior to January 1, 1964, in substan-
tial compliance with the provisions of this section is hereby validated, rati-
fied and confirmed, notwithstanding any error or omission with respect
to any address, grade or rank.