§ 55.1-614 Acknowledgments by persons subject to Uniform Code of Military Justice; validation of certain acknowledgments
A circuit court of any county or city, or the clerk of such court, shall also record any writing as is described in § 55.1-600 as to any person whose name is signed thereto and who at the time of such acknowledgment:
1. Was a member of any of the Armed Forces of the United States, wherever they may have been;
2. Was employed by, or accompanying such armed forces outside the United States and outside the Canal Zone, Puerto Rico, Guam, and the Virgin Islands; or
3. Was subject to the Uniform Code of Military Justice of the United States outside of the United States, upon the certificate of any person authorized to take acknowledgments under 10 U.S.C. § 936(a), as amended. Such certification shall be in substantially the same form as required by § 55.1-615. Any acknowledgment taken before July 1, 1995, that is in substantial conformity with this section is hereby ratified, validated, and confirmed.
History
This law was first created in 1964. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 570 of that year’s edition of “Acts of Assembly,” the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year. Unfortunately, the 1964 “Acts” aren’t available online. It has been modified 2 times. Those modifications are cataloged by “The Acts of Assembly,” a state publication, by year and chapter. Those modifications that can be read on the General Assembly’s website will be linked accordingly. Those modifications are as follows: in 1995, chapter 48; in 2019, chapter 712.
1964, c. 570, § 55-114.1; 1995, c. 48; 2019, c. 712.