2024 Code of Alabama
Title 31 - Military Affairs and Civil Defense.
Chapter 2A - Military Justice.
Part XI - Miscellaneous Provisions.
Section 31-2A-136 - (Article 136.) Authority to Administer Oaths and to Act as Notary.

Section 31-2A-136

(Article 136.) Authority to Administer Oaths and to Act as Notary.

(a) The following individuals may administer oaths for the purposes of military administration, including military justice:

(1) All judge advocates.

(2) All summary courts-martial.

(3) All adjutants, assistant adjutants, acting adjutants, and personnel adjutants.

(4) All other individuals designated by regulations of the Armed Forces of the United States or by statute.

(b) The following individuals may administer oaths necessary in the performance of their duties:

(1) The president, military judge, trial counsel, and the clerk of court for all general and special courts-martial.

(2) The president and the counsel for the court of any court of inquiry.

(3) All officers designated to take a deposition.

(4) All individuals detailed to conduct an investigation.

(5) All recruiting officers.

(6) All other individuals designated by regulations of the Armed Forces of the United States or by statute.

(c) The signature without seal of any individual listed in subsection (a) or (b), together with the title of his or her office, is prima facie evidence of the individual’s authority.

(Act 2012-334, p. 790, §1; Act 2024-329, §1.)