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[Laws in effect as of January 2, 2001]
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  January 2, 2001 and January 28, 2002]
[CITE: 10USC1044b]

 
                         TITLE 10--ARMED FORCES
 
                    Subtitle A--General Military Law
 
                           PART II--PERSONNEL
 
              CHAPTER 53--MISCELLANEOUS RIGHTS AND BENEFITS
 
Sec. 1044b. Military powers of attorney: requirement for 
        recognition by States
        
    (a) Instruments To Be Given Legal Effect Without Regard to State 
Law.--A military power of attorney--
        (1) is exempt from any requirement of form, substance, 
    formality, or recording that is provided for powers of attorney 
    under the laws of a State; and
        (2) shall be given the same legal effect as a power of attorney 
    prepared and executed in accordance with the laws of the State 
    concerned.

    (b) Military Power of Attorney.--For purposes of this section, a 
military power of attorney is any general or special power of attorney 
that is notarized in accordance with section 1044a of this title or 
other applicable State or Federal law.
    (c) Statement To Be Included.--(1) Under regulations prescribed by 
the Secretary concerned, each military power of attorney shall contain a 
statement that sets forth the provisions of subsection (a).
    (2) Paragraph (1) shall not be construed to make inapplicable the 
provisions of subsection (a) to a military power of attorney that does 
not include a statement described in that paragraph.
    (d) State Defined.--In this section, the term ``State'' includes the 
District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, and a possession 
of the United States.

(Added Pub. L. 103-160, div. A, title V, Sec. 574(a), Nov. 30, 1993, 107 
Stat. 1674.)
