§ 34-12-6 Effect of acknowledgment before
armed forces officer. –
An acknowledgment of instruments, attestation of documents, administration of
oaths and affirmations, execution of depositions and affidavits, and
performance of other notarial acts, made or taken before an armed forces
officer, are hereby declared legal, valid, and binding, and instruments and
documents so acknowledged, authenticated, or sworn to shall be admissible in
evidence and eligible to be recorded in this state under the same circumstances
and with the same force and effect as if the acknowledgment, attestation, oath,
affirmation, deposition, affidavit, or other notarial act had been made or
taken within this state before or by a duly qualified officer or official as
otherwise provided by law.
(P.L. 1944, ch. 1391, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 34-12-6.)