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Such certificate shall be written upon or attached to such writing and shall be substantially to the following effect:\n\t\tIn the army (or navy, etc.) of the United States.\n\t\tI, ________, a commissioned officer of the army (or navy, marine corps, air force, coast guard, space force, or other branch of service) of the United States with the rank of lieutenant (or ensign or other appropriate rank) whose home address is ________, do certify that E.F. (or E.F. and G.H., and so forth), whose name (or names) is (or are) signed to the writing above (or hereto attached), bearing date on the __ day of ____, and who, or whose consort, is a private (corporal, seaman, captain, or other grade or rank) in the army (or navy, etc.) of the United States, and whose home address is ________, has (or have) acknowledged the same before me.\n\t\tGiven under my hand this __ day of ____.\n\t\tSuch acknowledgment may be taken at any place where the officer taking the acknowledgment and the person whose name is signed to the writing may be. Such commissioned officer may take the acknowledgment of any person in any branch of the Armed Forces of the United States or the consort of such person.\n\t\tEvery acknowledgment executed prior to July 1, 1995, in substantial compliance with the provisions of this section is hereby validated, ratified, and confirmed, notwithstanding any error or omission with respect to any address, grade, or rank.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":214731,"text":"A circuit court of any county or city, or clerk of such court, shall also record any writing as is described in \u00a7 55.1-600 as to any person whose name is signed thereto who at the time of such acknowledgment was in active service in the Armed Forces of the United States, or as to the consort of such person, upon the certificate of any commissioned officer of the army, navy, marine corps, air force, coast guard, space force, any state national guard that is federally recognized, or other branch of the service of which such person is a member, that such writing had been acknowledged before him by such person. Such certificate shall be written upon or attached to such writing and shall be substantially to the following effect:\n\t\tIn the army (or navy, etc.) of the United States.\n\t\tI, ________, a commissioned officer of the army (or navy, marine corps, air force, coast guard, space force, or other branch of service) of the United States with the rank of lieutenant (or ensign or other appropriate rank) whose home address is ________, do certify that E.F. 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The record of this law\u2019s original creation isn\u2019t available online. It has been modified 5 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 1964, chapter 129; in 1972, chapter 458; in 1995, chapter 48<\/a>; in 2019, chapter 712<\/a>; in 2024, chapter 817<\/a>.<\/p>","references":[{"id":58506,"section_number":"55.1-614","catch_line":"Acknowledgments by persons subject to Uniform Code of Military Justice; validation of certain acknowledgments","order_by":null,"url":"\/55.1-614\/"},{"id":80086,"section_number":"55.1-625","catch_line":"Acknowledgments on behalf of corporations and others","order_by":null,"url":"\/55.1-625\/"}],"refers_to":[{"id":61518,"section_number":"55.1-600","catch_line":"When and where writings recorded","order_by":null,"url":"\/55.1-600\/"}],"permalink":{"id":245525,"object_type":"law","relational_id":58585,"identifier":"55.1-615","token":"55.1\/II\/6\/2\/55.1-615","url":"\/55.1-615\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/55.1-615\/","token":"55.1\/II\/6\/2\/55.1-615","dublin_core":{"Title":"Acknowledgments taken before commissioned officers in military service","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 55.1-615","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

A circuit<\/span> court<\/span> of any county or city, or 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 who at the time of such acknowledgment was in active service in the Armed Forces of the United States, or as to the consort of such person, upon the certificate of any commissioned officer of the army, navy, marine corps, air force, coast guard, space force, any state national guard that is federally recognized, or other branch of the service of which such person is a member, that such writing had been acknowledged before him by such person. Such certificate shall be written upon or attached to such writing and shall be substantially to the following effect:\n\t\tIn the army (or navy, etc.) of the United States.\n\t\tI, ________, a commissioned officer of the army (or navy, marine corps, air force, coast guard, space force, or other branch of service) of the United States with the rank of lieutenant (or ensign or other appropriate rank) whose home address is ________, do certify that E.F. (or E.F. and G.H., and so forth), whose name (or names) is (or are) signed to the writing above (or hereto attached), bearing date on the __ day of ____, and who, or whose consort, is a private (corporal, seaman, captain, or other grade or rank) in the army (or navy, etc.) of the United States, and whose home address is ________, has (or have) acknowledged the same before me.\n\t\tGiven under my hand this __ day of ____.\n\t\tSuch acknowledgment may be taken at any place where the officer taking the acknowledgment and the person whose name is signed to the writing may be. Such commissioned officer may take the acknowledgment of any person in any branch of the Armed Forces of the United States or the consort of such person.\n\t\tEvery acknowledgment executed prior to July 1, 1995, in substantial compliance with the provisions of this section is hereby validated, ratified, and confirmed, notwithstanding any error or omission with respect to any address, grade, or rank.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nACKNOWLEDGMENTS TAKEN BEFORE COMMISSIONED OFFICERS IN MILITARY SERVICE (\u00a7\n55.1-615)\n\nA circuit court of any county or city, or clerk of such court, shall also record\nany writing as is described in \u00a7 55.1-600 as to any person whose name is signed\nthereto who at the time of such acknowledgment was in active service in the\nArmed Forces of the United States, or as to the consort of such person, upon the\ncertificate of any commissioned officer of the army, navy, marine corps, air\nforce, coast guard, space force, any state national guard that is federally\nrecognized, or other branch of the service of which such person is a member,\nthat such writing had been acknowledged before him by such person. Such\ncertificate shall be written upon or attached to such writing and shall be\nsubstantially to the following effect:\n\t\tIn the army (or navy, etc.) of the United States.\n\t\tI, ________, a commissioned officer of the army (or navy, marine corps, air\nforce, coast guard, space force, or other branch of service) of the United\nStates with the rank of lieutenant (or ensign or other appropriate rank) whose\nhome address is ________, do certify that E.F. (or E.F. and G.H., and so forth),\nwhose name (or names) is (or are) signed to the writing above (or hereto\nattached), bearing date on the __ day of ____, and who, or whose consort, is a\nprivate (corporal, seaman, captain, or other grade or rank) in the army (or\nnavy, etc.) of the United States, and whose home address is ________, has (or\nhave) acknowledged the same before me.\n\t\tGiven under my hand this __ day of ____.\n\t\tSuch acknowledgment may be taken at any place where the officer taking the\nacknowledgment and the person whose name is signed to the writing may be. Such\ncommissioned officer may take the acknowledgment of any person in any branch of\nthe Armed Forces of the United States or the consort of such person.\n\t\tEvery acknowledgment executed prior to July 1, 1995, in substantial compliance\nwith the provisions of this section is hereby validated, ratified, and\nconfirmed, notwithstanding any error or omission with respect to any address,\ngrade, or rank.\n\nHISTORY: 1942, p. 426; Michie Code 1942, \u00a7 5205a; 1944, p. 25; 1948, p. 393;\nCode 1950, \u00a7 55-115; 1964, c. 129; 1972, c. 458; 1995, c. 48; 2019, c. 712;\n2024, c. 817.","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}}