PARRIS N. GLENDENING, Governor

Ch. 31

SUBTITLE 2. NOTARIAL ACTS BEFORE COMMISSIONED OFFICERS.
19-201. SCOPE OF SUBTITLE.

THIS SUBTITLE APPLIES ONLY TO A PERSON WHO IS:

(1) A MEMBER OF THE ARMED FORCES OF THE UNITED STATES;

(2) SERVING AS A MERCHANT SEAMAN OUTSIDE THE UNITED STATES;

OR

(3) OUTSIDE THE UNITED STATES BY PERMISSION, ASSIGNMENT, OR
DIRECTION OF ANY DEPARTMENT OR OFFICIAL OF THE UNITED STATES
GOVERNMENT, IN CONNECTION WITH ANY ACTIVITY PERTAINING TO THE
PROSECUTION OF ANY WAR IN WHICH THE UNITED STATES IS ENGAGED.

REVISOR'S NOTE: This section is new language derived without substantive
change from former Art. 18, § 15(a), as it related to delineating for whom
notarial acts may be performed under former Art. 18, § 15.

In item (2) of this section, the former reference to "the forty-eight states and
the District of Columbia" is deleted as obsolete and unnecessary.

For clarity, former Art. 18, § 15 has been broken into several smaller sections,
§§ 19-201 through 19-205, and reorganized as this subtitle.

19-202. NOTARIAL ACTS BEFORE COMMISSIONED OFFICERS.

IN ADDITION TO THE ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF INSTRUMENTS AND THE
PERFORMANCE OF OTHER NOTARIAL ACTS IN THE MANNER AND FORM OTHERWISE
AUTHORIZED BY LAW, INSTRUMENTS MAY BE ACKNOWLEDGED, DOCUMENTS
ATTESTED, OATHS AND AFFIRMATIONS ADMINISTERED, DEPOSITIONS AND
AFFIDAVITS EXECUTED, AND OTHER NOTARIAL ACTS PERFORMED, BEFORE OR BY
ANY COMMISSIONED OFFICER IN ACTIVE SERVICE OF THE ARMED FORCES OF THE
UNITED STATES WITH:

(1) THE RANK OF SECOND LIEUTENANT OR HIGHER IN THE ARMY OR
MARINE CORPS;

(2) THE RANK OF ENSIGN OR HIGHER IN THE NAVY OR COAST GUARD;

OR

(3) EQUIVALENT RANK IN ANY COMPONENT PART OF THE ARMED
FORCES OF THE UNITED STATES.

REVISOR'S NOTE: This section is new language derived without substantive
change from former Art. 18, § 15(a), as it related to delineating before or by
whom notarial acts may be performed under former Art. 18, § 15.

19-203. CERTIFICATION.

(A) FORM OF CERTIFICATE.

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