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[CITE: 10USC1044a]

 
                         TITLE 10--ARMED FORCES
 
                    Subtitle A--General Military Law
 
                           PART II--PERSONNEL
 
              CHAPTER 53--MISCELLANEOUS RIGHTS AND BENEFITS
 
Sec. 1044a. Authority to act as notary

    (a) The persons named in subsection (b) have the general powers of a 
notary public and of a consul of the United States in the performance of 
all notarial acts to be executed by any of the following:
        (1) Members of any of the armed forces.
        (2) Other persons eligible for legal assistance under the 
    provisions of section 1044 of this title or regulations of the 
    Department of Defense.
        (3) Persons serving with, employed by, or accompanying the armed 
    forces outside the United States and outside the Commonwealth of 
    Puerto Rico, Guam, and the Virgin Islands.
        (4) Other persons subject to the Uniform Code of Military 
    Justice (chapter 47 of this title) outside the United States.

    (b) Persons with the powers described in subsection (a) are the 
following:
        (1) All judge advocates, including reserve judge advocates when 
    not in a duty status.
        (2) All civilian attorneys serving as legal assistance officers.
        (3) All adjutants, assistant adjutants, and personnel adjutants, 
    including reserve members when not in a duty status.
        (4) All other members of the armed forces, including reserve 
    members when not in a duty status, who are designated by regulations 
    of the armed forces or by statute to have those powers.

    (c) No fee may be paid to or received by any person for the 
performance of a notarial act authorized in this section.
    (d) The signature of any such person acting as notary, together with 
the title of that person's offices, is prima facie evidence that the 
signature is genuine, that the person holds the designated title, and 
that the person is authorized to perform a notarial act.

(Added Pub. L. 101-510, div. A, title V, Sec. 551(a)(1), Nov. 5, 1990, 
104 Stat. 1566; amended Pub. L. 104-201, div. A, title V, Sec. 573, 
Sept. 23, 1996, 110 Stat. 2534.)


                               Amendments

    1996--Subsec. (b)(1). Pub. L. 104-201, Sec. 573(1), substituted ``, 
including reserve judge advocates when not in a duty status'' for ``on 
active duty or performing inactive-duty training''.
    Subsec. (b)(3). Pub. L. 104-201, Sec. 573(2), substituted 
``adjutants, including reserve members when not in a duty status'' for 
``adjutants on active duty or performing inactive-duty training''.
    Subsec. (b)(4). Pub. L. 104-201, Sec. 573(3), substituted ``members 
of the armed forces, including reserve members when not in a duty 
status,'' for ``persons on active duty or performing inactive-duty 
training''.

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in sections 1044b, 1052 of this title; 
title 14 section 514.
