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This law was first created in 1964. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 570 of that year\u2019s edition of \u201cActs of Assembly,\u201d the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year. Unfortunately, the 1964 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online. It has been modified 2 times. Those modifications are cataloged by \u201cThe Acts of Assembly,\u201d a state publication, by year and chapter. Those modifications that can be read on the General Assembly\u2019s website will be linked accordingly. Those modifications are as follows: in 1995, chapter 48<\/a>; in 2019, chapter 712<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":[{"id":61518,"section_number":"55.1-600","catch_line":"When and where writings recorded","order_by":null,"url":"\/55.1-600\/"},{"id":58585,"section_number":"55.1-615","catch_line":"Acknowledgments taken before commissioned officers in military service","order_by":null,"url":"\/55.1-615\/"}],"permalink":{"id":245521,"object_type":"law","relational_id":58506,"identifier":"55.1-614","token":"55.1\/II\/6\/2\/55.1-614","url":"\/55.1-614\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/55.1-614\/","token":"55.1\/II\/6\/2\/55.1-614","dublin_core":{"Title":"Acknowledgments by persons subject to Uniform Code of Military Justice; validation of certain acknowledgments","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 55.1-614","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

A circuit<\/span> court<\/span> of any county or city, or the clerk of such court<\/span>, shall also record any writing as is described in \u00a7 55.1-600<\/a> as to any person whose name is signed thereto and who at the time of such acknowledgment:<\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

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3.<\/span> 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.\n\t\t\tSuch certification shall be in substantially the same form as required by § 55.1-615<\/a>.\n\t\t\tAny acknowledgment taken before July 1, 1995, that is in substantial conformity with this section is hereby ratified, validated, and confirmed. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nACKNOWLEDGMENTS BY PERSONS SUBJECT TO UNIFORM CODE OF MILITARY JUSTICE;\nVALIDATION OF CERTAIN ACKNOWLEDGMENTS (\u00a7 55.1-614)\n\nA circuit court of any county or city, or the clerk of such court, shall also\nrecord any writing as is described in \u00a7 55.1-600 as to any person whose name is\nsigned thereto and who at the time of such acknowledgment:\n\n1. Was a member of any of the Armed Forces of the United States, wherever they\nmay have been;\n\n2. Was employed by, or accompanying such armed forces outside the United States\nand outside the Canal Zone, Puerto Rico, Guam, and the Virgin Islands; or\n\n3. Was subject to the Uniform Code of Military Justice of the United States\noutside of the United States, upon the certificate of any person authorized to\ntake acknowledgments under 10 U.S.C. § 936(a), as amended.\n\t\t\tSuch certification shall be in substantially the same form as required by\n§ 55.1-615.\n\t\t\tAny acknowledgment taken before July 1, 1995, that is in substantial\nconformity with this section is hereby ratified, validated, and confirmed.\n\nHISTORY: 1964, c. 570, \u00a7 55-114.1; 1995, c. 48; 2019, c. 712.","edition":{"id":1,"name":"2025","slug":"2025","date_created":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","date_modified":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","current":1,"order_by":1,"last_import":null}}